2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Film & Video Production is the 117th most popular major in the country with 7,768 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 235 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 65 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in film and video production. That schools that top this list have a program in film and video production in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree cinematography students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Community College of Aurora
Aurora, Colorado

Top 20% overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Aurora landed the #1 spot on the list. CCA is a medium-sized public school situated in Aurora, Colorado. It awarded 44 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

Full CCA Film & Video Production Report

2

Central Wyoming College
Riverton, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Wyoming College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CWC is a small public school situated in Riverton, Wyoming. It awarded 8 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Central Wyoming College

3

Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah

#14 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 13 associates’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Utah Valley University Film & Video Production Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.