2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Ohio, there were 371 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,081 and $25,970 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their film, video and photographic arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Ohio

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

#9 overall quality in Ohio

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s film students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in Ohio list. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 1 masters’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.