2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,988 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,505 and $24,854 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree film students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Top 25% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 190 degrees to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Temple University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

3

New York University
New York, New York

#9 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 426 degrees to qualified doctorate’s film students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 90%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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• Most Popular Doctor’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.