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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Connecticut, there were 195 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,900 and $28,634 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video and photographic arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 14 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $1,647 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Yale University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Yale University

#2

Connecticut College

New London, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Connecticut College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. New London, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Conn College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $13,877 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Connecticut College.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Fairfield University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $28,553 for connecticut bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Fairfield University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Fairfield University

#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $24,411 for connecticut bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Hartford

#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Quinnipiac University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 51 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $35,655 for connecticut bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Quinnipiac.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Quinnipiac

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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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