2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Plains States region, there were 540 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,550 and $23,447 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 42 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in film, video and photographic arts.
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Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region film students.
Top 29 Most Popular Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Plains States Region
Out of the 42 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full KU Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Out of the 42 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 68 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.
Full University of Iowa Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 53 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 Webster University
Out of the 42 schools in the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s film degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 36 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 25 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Full Missouri State Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Metropolitan Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 23 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 MCC
With a ranking of #8, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 19 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at WUSTL
Kansas City Art Institute landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s film degrees to 17 students 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.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Kansas City Art Institute
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s film degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Missouri - Columbia
Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 ’s film degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Minnesota State University - Moorhead Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 13 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Saint Cloud State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Cloud State University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 11 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minnesota State Mankato
Century College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #15. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 12 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Century College
Augsburg University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Augsburg University
With a ranking of #16, Winona State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Winona State Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #18. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 7 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UMKC
Stephens College ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 7 ’s film degrees 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%.
Full Stephens College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minneapolis College of Art and Design is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s film degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
With a ranking of #18, Black Hills State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Spearfish, South Dakota, and it awarded 9 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Black Hills State University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Lindenwood University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #22. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Charles, Missouri, and it awarded 5 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Lindenwood University
Dakota County Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #22. DCTC is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s film degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Dakota County Technical College
Missouri Western State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #22. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and it awarded 5 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Missouri Western State University
With a ranking of #25, Central Lakes College - Brainerd did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Brainerd, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
Full Central Lakes College - Brainerd Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Maharishi International University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Fairfield, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified ’s film students in 2020-2021.
Full MIU Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Coe College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #25. Coe is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s film degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Coe
Carleton College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Carleton College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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. 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%.
Full Carleton College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
Dakota College at Bottineau came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Film Major in the Plains States Region ranking. MSU-Bottineau is a public institution located in Bottineau, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Dakota College at Bottineau Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report
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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
- *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.
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