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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k

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568 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Georgia 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 a Bachelor’s in Georgia 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video and photographic arts programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 15 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k list, UGA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $17,105 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Emory 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Emory University is $24,657 for Georgia Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#3

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 217 students in 2019-2020.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia State is $17,290 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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 $75-$110k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

AIU Atlanta also took the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. It costs about $17,287 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend American InterContinental University - Atlanta.

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#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 $75-$110k list. The Art Institute of Atlanta is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 23 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Atlanta is $26,165 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 266 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k list, SCAD has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $45,370 for georgia bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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