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2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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200 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,429 people earned their degree in film and video production, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 635 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film and video production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $20,200 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Film & Video Production Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cinematography degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $13,703 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Film & Video Production Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 39 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,909 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

Read more about Film & Video Production at NMSU Main Campus

#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oral Roberts University is $25,485 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Film & Video Production at ORU

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 55 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $23,545 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Grand Canyon University

#10 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Houston landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston also made our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $27,535 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend The Art Institute of Houston.

Read more about Film & Video Production at The Art Institute of Houston

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $34,587 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Southern Methodist University Film & Video Production Report

#8

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

Oklahoma City University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k list, OCU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OCU is $23,324 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Oklahoma City University

#8 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Art Institute of Dallas, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Dallas is $26,548 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Film & Video Production at The Art Institute of Dallas

#10

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas
#11 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s cinematography degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai San Antonio, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai San Antonio is $27,286 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at The Art Institute of San Antonio

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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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