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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
568 Degrees Awarded
$17,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 17,506 people earned their degree in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the 64th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 759 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,900 and $38,208 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 568 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,656 and $26,705 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts 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 film, video and photographic arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Emory University is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 14 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emory is $11,468 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 15 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $7,541 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Georgia Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Georgia State University is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 217 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k list, Georgia State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia State is $11,991 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American InterContinental University - Atlanta. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Atlanta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The estimated yearly cost for American InterContinental University - Atlanta is $13,800 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Ai Atlanta is a small private for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 23 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k list, Ai Atlanta has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Atlanta is $21,977 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at The Art Institute of Atlanta

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 266 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The yearly cost to attend SCAD is $40,908 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Savannah College of Art and Design Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

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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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