2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in New York

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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.

Across New York, there were 2,267 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,091 and $39,241 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree film students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in New York list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#1

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NYU 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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