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2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
599 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Salary
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Far Western US region, there were 5,094 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,973 and $38,643 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 599 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Santa Rosa, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s film degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

SRJC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $8,027 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Santa Rosa Junior College.

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#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Portland Community College is $10,347 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 29 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $38,617 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

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#4

Columbia College Hollywood

Tarzana, California

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Hollywood landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbia College Hollywood is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tarzana, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 63 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia College Hollywood also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Columbia College Hollywood is $31,140 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for FIDM Los Angeles is $42,720 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Los Angeles Film School

Hollywood, California

Los Angeles Film School landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. LA Film School is a medium-sized school located in Hollywood, California that handed out 100 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LA Film School, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Los Angeles Film School is $31,795 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#7 in overall quality

New York Film Academy ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Burbank, California, and it awarded 8 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $47,592 for far western us region associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend New York Film Academy.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

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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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