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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 653 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,882 and $20,507 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s film degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at MSU Bozeman

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 2 masters’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Brigham Young University - Provo

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at DU

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