by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree film students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Maharishi International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Maharishi International University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s film degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full University of Kansas Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 1 masters’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 2 masters’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 19 masters’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Washington University in St Louis
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