2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,768 people earned their degree in film and video production, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 173 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in film and video production. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their film and video production program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree cinematography students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Plains States Region

1

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified associates’s cinematography students in 2020-2021.

Full Minneapolis Community and Technical College Film & Video Production Report

2

Century College
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Century College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region list. White Bear Lake, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s cinematography degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Full Century College Film & Video Production Report

3

Central Lakes College - Brainerd
Brainerd, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Lakes College - Brainerd. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Brainerd, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s cinematography students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Central Lakes College - Brainerd

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Institute of Production and Recording
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute of Production and Recording. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s cinematography degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Institute of Production and Recording

• 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.