2024 Best Photography Schools in District of Columbia

If you plan on majoring in photography, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #310 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Photography Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1 degrees in photography during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Photography Schools List

Photography Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Photography Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Photography in District of Columbia

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the photography degree levels they offer.

Top District of Columbia Schools in Photography

1

American University
Washington, DC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in photography has to take a look at American University. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in photography from American University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

George Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in photography. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in photography from George Washington University

Best Photography Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Photography Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	380
Pennsylvania	978	97
Maryland	618	28
New Jersey	614	12
Delaware	345	10

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Photography Related Rankings by Major

Photography is one of 4 different types of Film, Video & Photographic Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Photography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	61
Film & Video Production	15
Documentary Production	12

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.