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2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$31,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Photography Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Photography is the 291st most popular major in the country with 2,438 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 485 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality photography programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the photography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree photography students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Photography at UW Seattle

#2

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s photography degrees to qualified students.

MSMU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Saint Mary’s University are $12,612, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Photography at MSMU

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 56 degrees to qualified masters’s photography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688.

Full Academy of Art University Photography Report

#4

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. CalArts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 8 masters’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

CalArts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of the Arts are $53,466.

Read more about Photography at California Institute of the Arts

#5

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Film Academy. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Burbank, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s photography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New York Film Academy, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Film Academy are $35,457, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Photography at New York Film Academy

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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