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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in Pennsylvania

4 Ranked Colleges
203 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 239 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 203 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 4 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film and video production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 159 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $23,521 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students per year to attend Temple University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Temple

#2

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $28,141 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students per year to attend Messiah.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Messiah University

#3

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree cinematography students list, Point Park has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $21,470 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students per year to attend Point Park.

Full Point Park Film & Video Production Report

#4

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of the Arts. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s cinematography degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UArts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $40,332 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree cinematography students per year to attend The University of the Arts.

The impressive 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.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at UArts

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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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