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2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
636 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Film & Video Production is the 113th most popular major in the country with 8,429 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 671 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 636 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film and video production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film and video production 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 and video production program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 41 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $14,309 for new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Rhode Island Film & Video Production Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Massachusetts College of Art and Design is $18,422 for new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

The 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.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Keene State College is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 30 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State is $14,288 for new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Keene State

#4

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northern Vermont University has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Vermont University is $12,931 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Northern Vermont University Film & Video Production Report

#5

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 422 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Emerson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emerson College is $39,241 for new england region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full Emerson Film & Video Production Report

#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

Quinnipiac University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 51 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac University is $35,038 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Quinnipiac University

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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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