by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New Jersey, there were 156 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 147 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.
The cinematography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. FDU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Madison, New Jersey. It awarded 43 bachelors’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus Film & Video Production Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey. Rider University is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cinematography degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey list. Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s cinematography degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film & Video Production at Rutgers New Brunswick
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