2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 112 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,350 and $43,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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 Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree film students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$43,451 Average Net Price

$33,459 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 47 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $43,451 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Film students per year to attend American University.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at American University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$33,719 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 2 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for GWU is $33,719 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full GWU 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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