2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region

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In 2019-2020, 17,506 people earned their degree in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the 64th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,089 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,081 and $27,676 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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.

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 Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree film students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at SMU

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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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