by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 16,778 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, film, video and 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 the Plains States region, there were 540 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,550 and $23,447 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. That schools that top this list have a program in film, video and photographic arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree film students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 30 associates’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota College at Bottineau. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota College at Bottineau is located in Bottineau, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s film degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region. MCC is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 23 associates’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota County Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region list. DCTC is a small school located in Rosemount, Minnesota that handed out 5 associates’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Century College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s film students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Century College
Central Lakes College - Brainerd did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Central Lakes College - Brainerd is a small school located in Brainerd, Minnesota that handed out 4 associates’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Central Lakes College - Brainerd
Union College Nebraska landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Union College Nebraska is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s film degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Union College Nebraska
Institute of Production and Recording did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Institute of Production and Recording is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s film degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Institute of Production and Recording
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