2024 Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in film/cinema/media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #243 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for film/cinema/media studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 18 doctor's degrees in film/cinema/media studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Film/Cinema/Media Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of film/cinema/media studies for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality film studies program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to film/cinema/media studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of film/cinema/media studies students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized film/cinema/media studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for film/cinema/media studies students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Film/Cinema/Media Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Film/Cinema/Media Studies in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in film/cinema/media studies.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Film Studies

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in film/cinema/media studies. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in film/cinema/media studies from University of Southern California

2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in film/cinema/media studies. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the city of Berkeley.More information about a doctorate in film/cinema/media studies from University of California - Berkeley

3

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in film/cinema/media studies. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in film/cinema/media studies from University of California - Los Angeles

Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	216	0

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Film/Cinema/Media Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Film, Video & Photographic Arts area of study, Film/Cinema/Media Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.