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2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 1,801 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree cinematography students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Southeast Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UCA is a fairly large public school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 5 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at UCA

#2

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina School of the Arts is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

UNCSA also made our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina School of the Arts are $26,064.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 23 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree cinematography students list, Florida State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707.

Full Florida State Film & Video Production Report

#4

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb also made our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lipscomb are $18,000.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Lipscomb

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 75 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree cinematography students list, SCAD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Film & Video Production at SCAD

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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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