2026 Best Film & Video Production Schools in Illinois
Film & Video Production programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 7 schools to find the best for film & video production students.
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Best Schools for Film & Video Production in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the film & video production degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Film & Video Production
No school ranked higher than Depaul University this year for film & video production. Depaul University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. Depaul University graduates 68% of students within six years. Depaul University awarded about 304 film & video production degrees in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, film & video production degree recipients from Depaul University generally make around $25,028. Depaul University graduates carry a median of $24,717 in student loans.
See the full film & video production program report for Depaul University
A rank of #2 makes Columbia College Chicago one of the top schools for film & video production. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university. The six-year graduation rate is 52%. About 236 film & video production degrees were awarded at Columbia College Chicago in the most recent year. Students who receive their film & video production degree from Columbia College Chicago earn around $29,694 in the first couple years of their career. Columbia College Chicago graduates carry a median of $26,000 in student loans.
More information about a degree in film & video production from Columbia College Chicago
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 7 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
