2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate.
Top 13 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 1 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 2 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree film students list, Iowa has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate. University of California - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s film degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree film students list, UCLA has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Santa Barbara, California, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2019-2020.
UCSB also took the #7 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSB are $28,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of California - Berkeley ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate list. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s film degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s film degrees to qualified students.
Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2019-2020.
UC Santa Cruz also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Santa Cruz are $28,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, New York University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate list. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s film degrees to qualified students.
NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s film degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
U-M also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Southern California did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2019-2020.
USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.
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Northwestern University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 1 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Chicago came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate ranking. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree film students list, UChicago has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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