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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Minnesota

11 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$20,976 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 165 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,976 and $21,868 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful film, video and photographic arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree film students.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 34 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UMN Twin Cities Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

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Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at MSU Moorhead

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Saint Cloud State University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 bachelors’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%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minnesota State Mankato

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Augsburg University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augsburg University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Augsburg

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Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Winona State Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

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 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%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota

Carleton College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Carleton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Carleton College

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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

St Olaf College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s ranking. St Olaf College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Minnesota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at St. Olaf

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Crown College
Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota

With a ranking of #10, Crown College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Crown

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University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in Minnesota for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of St Thomas Minnesota is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UST MN

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