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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
340 Degrees Awarded
$27,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

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 an Associate in the Far Western US Region” 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 Far Western US region, there were 2,291 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 340 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in film and video production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film and video production programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree cinematography students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Far Western US Region

#1

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Rosa Junior College is a public institution located in Santa Rosa, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SRJC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SRJC is $5,782 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Cinematography students.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Santa Rosa Junior College

#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. Portland Community College is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 16 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $8,914 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Cinematography students.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Portland Community College

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s cinematography degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region associate degree cinematography students list, Academy of Art University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for far western us region associate degree cinematography students.

Full Academy of Art University Film & Video Production Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 12 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also made our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $41,505 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Cinematography students per year to attend FIDM Los Angeles.

Read more about Film & Video Production at FIDM Los Angeles

#5

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Film Academy. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Burbank, California, and it awarded 8 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region associate degree cinematography students list, New York Film Academy has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New York Film Academy is $45,280 for far western us region associate degree cinematography students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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 New York Film Academy

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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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