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2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$35,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.

Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 145th most popular major in the country with 5,210 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 730 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 107 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film / cinema / media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film / cinema / media studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

The City College of New York

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The City College of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

CCNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCNY are $20,832, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brooklyn College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Brooklyn College is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 24 masters’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree film studies students list, Brooklyn College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brooklyn College are $20,952.

Full Brooklyn College Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#3

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

Full The American University Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Stony Brook, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SUNY Stony Brook Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#5

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 10 masters’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard University are $34,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Howard University Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 20 masters’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree film studies students list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree film studies students list, Johns Hopkins has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Johns Hopkins

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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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