2023 Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Maine (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 16,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,170 and had an average of $25,804 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 17 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine film students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Maine (With Aid)

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,055 Average Net Price

$42,906 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 2 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,055 for Maine Film students with aid.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Southern Maine

2

Maine College of Art
Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$32,669 Average Net Price

$27,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine College of Art. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Maine College of Art is located in Portland, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s film degrees to qualified students.

Maine College of Art also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Maine College of Art is $32,669 for Maine Film students with aid.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Maine College of Art

• Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (With Aid)

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.