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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s” 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 Southeast region, there were 1,820 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film and video production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film and video production programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film and video production program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s”.

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

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s cinematography degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.

Florida State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 43,569 students enrolled at Florida State were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,819. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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Lipscomb University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s list. Lipscomb University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s cinematography degrees to qualified students.

Lipscomb did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 4,884 students enrolled at Lipscomb, 235 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 184 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,878. During this same period, 72 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lipscomb offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s list. UNCSA is a small public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 21 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

UNCSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 1,070 students enrolled at UNCSA, 28 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 18 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,127. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNCSA offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 10,335 students enrolled at University of Central Arkansas, 528 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 194 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,808. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Central Arkansas does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Cinematography for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 68 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 14,265 students enrolled at Savannah College of Art and Design, 193 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 135 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,695. During this same period, 91 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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