by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 557 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Ohio University - Athens Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Full Central Michigan University Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report
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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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