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2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
206 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,210 people earned their degree in film / cinema / media studies, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 206 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in film / cinema / media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film / cinema / media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Oakland Community College

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k. Oakland Community College is a fairly large school located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan that handed out 5 associates’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Oakland Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oakland Community College is $8,342 for Associate Degree Film Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Oakland Community College Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#2

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Fashion Institute of Technology is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend FIT SUNY is $12,082 for associate degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at FIT SUNY

#3

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Rosa, California, and it awarded 7 associates’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SRJC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Rosa Junior College is $9,366 for Associate Degree Film Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at SRJC

#4

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washtenaw Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Washtenaw Community College is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Washtenaw Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Washtenaw Community College is $5,875 for associate degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Washtenaw Community College

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a large public school situated in Annandale, Virginia. It awarded 8 associates’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $13,488 for associate degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Northern Virginia Community College

#6

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#7 in overall quality

Monroe Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Monroe Community College is a public institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Monroe Community College is $11,905 for Associate Degree Film Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Monroe Community College

#7

Columbia College Hollywood

Tarzana, California
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Columbia College Hollywood did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Columbia College Hollywood is located in Tarzana, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 63 associates’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia College Hollywood, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College Hollywood is $31,953 for associate degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Columbia College Hollywood

#8

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#8 in overall quality

Full Sail University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Film Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s film studies degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $28,032 for associate degree film studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Full Sail University

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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