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2024 Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region

20 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
557 Film Studies Degrees Awarded
Film/Cinema/Media Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #142 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of film/cinema/media studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 557 degrees in film/cinema/media studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Film/Cinema/Media Studies School

Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of film/cinema/media studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for film/cinema/media studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Film/Cinema/Media Studies Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Film Studies
Master's Degrees in Film Studies
Doctor's Degrees in Film Studies

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

The schools below may not offer all types of film studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Film Studies

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IL
40.0% Growth in Graduates

Northwestern University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in film/cinema/media studies. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were roughly 5 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
87 Film Studies Degrees Awarded

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in film/cinema/media studies. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were roughly 87 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OH
13.3% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in film/cinema/media studies. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.

There were about 30 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MI
20.0% Growth in Graduates

Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in film/cinema/media studies. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were about 15 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
31 Film Studies Degrees Awarded

Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.

There were approximately 31 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IL

Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 16th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were approximately 9 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

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DePauw University
Greencastle, IN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN
71.4% Growth in Graduates

DePauw is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Greencastle. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePauw is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at DePauw in the most recent data year.

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Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In OH
28.6% Growth in Graduates

UC is a very large public university located in the city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.

There were about 14 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI
50 Film Studies Degrees Awarded

GVSU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Allendale. This university ranks 9th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were approximately 50 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In OH

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. This university ranks 9th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were about 4 film/cinema/media studies students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.

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Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best film/cinema/media studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 144
Michigan 915 226
Illinois 870 34
Indiana 737 38
Wisconsin 672 106

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Film/Cinema/Media Studies is one of 4 different types of Film, Video & Photographic Arts programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production 770
Photography 249
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts 133
Documentary Production 18

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