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2024 Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in District of Columbia

1 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$40,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools in District of Columbia

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 in District of Columbia” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 16,778 people earned their degree in film, video & photographic arts, making the major the 62nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, film, video & photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,170 and had an average of $25,804 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 89 film, video & photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,870 and $24,078 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video & photographic arts programs, but they also 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 & 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 in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia film students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in District of Columbia

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Film Schools in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s film degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.

The American University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in District of Columbia” list. The yearly cost to attend The American University is $40,088 for District of Columbia Film students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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