2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in California

Film, Video & Photographic Arts isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #150 in popularity out of 295 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 19 doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in film matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in California ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for film, video and photographic arts, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for film, video and photographic arts.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Film, Video & Photographic Arts in California

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for film, video and photographic arts students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Film Students Working on Their Doctorate

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

9 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in film, video and photographic arts needs to look into University of Southern California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts in California.

There were approximately 9 film, video and photographic arts individuals who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Santa Barbara if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in film, video and photographic arts. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts in California.

There were about 4 film, video and photographic arts individuals who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in film, video and photographic arts. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts in California.

There were approximately 3 film, video and photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in film, video and photographic arts has to take a look at University of California - Berkeley. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts in California.

There were roughly 2 film, video and photographic arts individuals who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in film, video and photographic arts in California.

There were about 1 film, video and photographic arts individuals who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Film, Video & Photographic Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Film Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	18
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	116
Fine & Studio Arts	15
Drama & Theater Arts	13
Other Visual Art	5
Dance	3
General Visual & Performing Arts	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.