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2022 Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
425 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 636 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,000 and $24,013 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 425 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $13,322 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at BYU

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 137 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $14,773 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend U of U.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Utah

#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Idaho is $14,132 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Idaho

#9 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UVU is $9,159 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Utah Valley University

#5

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #5 spot on the list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k list, UM has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Montana is $15,246 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make more than $110k.

Full UM Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#6

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Montana State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $19,202 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at MSU Bozeman

University of Colorado Boulder ranked #7 on this year’s Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $21,680 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend CU - Boulder.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Colorado Boulder

#8

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#8 in overall quality

Boise State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Boise State University is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #8 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boise State University is $15,787 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#6 in overall quality

University of Denver ranked #9 on this year’s Best Vallue Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 16 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DU is $32,361 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DU 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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