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2022 Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 181 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $24,250 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools in Washington 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

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

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 ’s film degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $18,110 for Washington Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s film degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EWU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $17,852 for washington film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Eastern Washington University.

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#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k. CWU is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 38 ’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for CWU is $20,133 for washington film students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

Whitman College

Walla Walla, Washington

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitman College landed the #4 spot on the list. Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 ’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Whitman, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $33,017 for washington film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Whitman.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#5

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified ’s film students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Seattle U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $36,179 for Washington Film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Seattle U.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Seattle U

#6

Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Cornish College of the Arts did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Seattle, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified ’s film students in 2019-2020.

Cornish College of the Arts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $39,010 for Washington Film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Cornish College of the Arts.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Cornish College of the Arts

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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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