by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 16,778 people earned their degree in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the 62nd most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 183 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,821 and $26,190 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in film, video and photographic arts.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree film students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. FDU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Madison, New Jersey. It awarded 43 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Montclair State University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey. Rutgers Newark is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Rutgers University - Newark Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Film Major in New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rutgers New Brunswick Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
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