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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Documentary Production (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
32 Degrees Awarded
$35,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 92 people earned their degree in documentary production, making the major the 1076th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 documentary production graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in documentary production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great documentary production programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the documentary production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree documentary production students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Documentary Production (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s documentary production students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree documentary production students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern University Documentary Production Report

#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s documentary production degrees to qualified students.

UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Cruz are $28,952.

Read full report on Documentary Production at University of California - Santa Cruz

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 1 masters’s documentary production degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DePaul Documentary Production Report

#4

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #4 spot on the list. Chapman is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s documentary production degrees to qualified students.

Chapman also made our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105.

Full Chapman University Documentary Production Report

#5

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Film Academy. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Burbank, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s documentary production students in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy also took the #4 spot in our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Film Academy are $35,457, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Documentary Production at New York Film Academy

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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