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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

12 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$21,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking.

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 Texas, there were 215 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,850 and $31,272 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking analyzed 12 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

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

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Texas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $13,017 for texas bachelor’s degree film students.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

UH also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $12,838 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students per year to attend UH.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Dallas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. The Art Institute of Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

The Art Institute of Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $21,605 for texas bachelor’s degree film students per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.

Full The Art Institute of Dallas Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

The Art Institute of Houston came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. The Art Institute of Houston is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Ai Houston is $22,844 for texas bachelor’s degree film students.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Mary Hardin - Baylor came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. UMHB is located in Belton, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMHB, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $27,099 for texas bachelor’s degree film students per year to attend UMHB.

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#7 in overall quality

Houston Baptist University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. HBU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HBU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Baptist University is $19,962 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

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With a ranking of #9, Saint Edward’s University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Saint Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $24,833 for texas bachelor’s degree film students.

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#10

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

With a ranking of #10, The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai San Antonio, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio is $22,421 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

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The Art Institute of Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking, coming in at #11. The Art Institute of Austin is a small private for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree film students list, Ai Austin has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $24,156 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Film students.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #12, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $36,222 for texas bachelor’s degree film students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

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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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