by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 5,191 people earned their degree in film / cinema / media studies, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,231 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major” ranking looked at 188 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film / cinema / media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in film / cinema / media studies.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree film studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Five Towns College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major. Five Towns College is a small private for-profit school situated in Dix Hills, New York. It awarded 26 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Hollywood. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Columbia College Hollywood is located in Tarzana, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.
Full Columbia College Hollywood Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Occidental College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Occidental College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wheaton College Massachusetts. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major. This small school is located in Norton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Wheaton College Massachusetts Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesleyan University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major. Located in Middletown, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film studies students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Stephens College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Stephens College is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Stephens College
With a ranking of #7, Vassar College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Poughkeepsie, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Lycoming College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Whitman College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. This small school is located in Walla Walla, Washington, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Lawrence University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Appleton, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Dillard University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking, coming in at #11. Dillard University is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.
San Francisco State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 238 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Georgia State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking, coming in at #13. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 235 students in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia State University Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report
Full Sail University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking, coming in at #14. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 164 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Full Sail University
University of California - Santa Barbara ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. UCSB is a large public school situated in Santa Barbara, California. It awarded 182 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of California - Santa Barbara
Bard College at Simon’s Rock came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Simon’s Rock is located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Morehouse College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Morehouse College
Oberlin College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Oberlin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oberlin, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #19, Eckerd College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Saint Petersburg, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Eckerd College
Calvin University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Calvin is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 21 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Denison University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Granville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Denison University
Lafayette College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Lafayette College is located in Easton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Hamilton College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. Clinton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #24, Colgate University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major list. Hamilton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Barnard College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Barnard College
Not only did these schools make the top 29 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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