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2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
583 Degrees Awarded
$34,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 California, there were 4,639 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,855 and $40,424 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 583 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $75-$110k) in California

#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 California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Santa Rosa, California, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california associate degree film students whose families make $75-$110k list, SRJC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Santa Rosa Junior College is $9,366 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Columbia College Hollywood

Tarzana, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Hollywood. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Tarzana, California, and it awarded 63 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia College Hollywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Columbia College Hollywood is $31,953 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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 California For Those Making $75-$110k. 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.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $36,626 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s film degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $45,466 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5

Los Angeles Film School

Hollywood, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Los Angeles Film School. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Los Angeles Film School is a medium-sized school located in Hollywood, California that handed out 100 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

LA Film School also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $33,686 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Los Angeles Film School.

Full Los Angeles Film School Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#6

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New York Film Academy did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. New York Film Academy is a small school located in Burbank, California that handed out 8 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $50,710 for California Associate Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend New York Film Academy.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at New York Film Academy

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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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