5
Colleges in the Southeast Region
132
Master's Degrees
If you plan on getting your master's degree in
film/cinema/media studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #236 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 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for film/cinema/media studies students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 132 master's degrees in film/cinema/media studies to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of film/cinema/media studies for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on film/cinema/media studies students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of film/cinema/media studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized film/cinema/media studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for film/cinema/media studies students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.