2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

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 Master’s in the Plains States Region 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 the Plains States region, there were 495 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,682 and $24,539 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WUSTL Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at KU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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