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

6 Ranked Colleges
568 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. It costs about $9,629 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Emory.

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%. 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.

Full Emory University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $10,241 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UGA.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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

#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 217 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State is $12,661 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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 $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

AIU Atlanta not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 $15,567 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at American InterContinental University - Atlanta

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. The Art Institute of Atlanta is a private for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Atlanta is $23,167 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Ai Atlanta Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 266 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $41,628 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SCAD.

Full SCAD 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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