2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Southwest Region
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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.
This year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in film and video production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film and video production programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Southwest Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.
ENMU - Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $9,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development landed the #3 spot on the list. Institute of American Indian Arts is a public institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Institute of American Indian Arts also took the #9 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,607 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students per year to attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
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.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. The Art Institute of Dallas is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The Art Institute of Dallas also made our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Dallas is $21,605 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The Art Institute of Houston is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.
Ai Houston also took the #10 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 Houston is $22,844 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
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Oral Roberts University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. ORU 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.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students list, ORU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students per year to attend ORU.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region 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. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students.
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University of Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. 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 yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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With a ranking of #9, Oklahoma City University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma City University is $22,306 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
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.
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The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.
Ai San Antonio also took 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 $22,421 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Cinematography students.
Southern Methodist University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.
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 yearly cost to attend Southern Methodist University is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, The Art Institute of Austin did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The Art Institute of Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.
Ai Austin also took the #12 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 Austin is $24,156 for southwest region bachelor’s degree cinematography students.
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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%.
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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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