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2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
93 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Salary
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New York, there were 2,267 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,091 and $39,241 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 93 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

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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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Nassau Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Garden City, New York. It awarded 11 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Nassau Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $7,434 for new york associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Nassau Community College.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Nassau Community College

#2

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fashion Institute of Technology is $11,644 for new york associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

Full FIT SUNY Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Suffolk County Community College is a public institution located in Selden, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $7,652 for New York Associate Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Suffolk County Community College.

Full Suffolk County Community College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#4

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 15 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $9,932 for New York Associate Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Monroe Community College.

Full Monroe Community College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#5

Villa Maria College

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villa Maria College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 1 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Villa also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $10,845 for new york associate degree film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Villa.

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 Villa 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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