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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southeast region, there were 941 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film / cinema / media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their film / cinema / media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The film studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree film studies students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hollins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Hollins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Roanoke, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Hollins University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 79 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Full Sail University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 4 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of Miami
Emory University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s film studies students 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%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 0 masters’s film studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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