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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$26,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 540 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in film / cinema / media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film / cinema / media studies programs and 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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree film studies students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 7 masters’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree film studies students list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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