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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

23 Colleges
2,475 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,172 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

For this year's Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a bachelor's in film. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video & photographic arts programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the film, video & photographic arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying film.

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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New York University
New York, NY

New York University has taken the #1 spot in this year's film, video & photographic arts ranking for non-traditional students. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. NYU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 students are part time.

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American University
Washington, DC

American University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington. The American University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 5,283 students at The American University that take at least one class online. 3,612 of The American University students are attending part time.

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Rochester Institute of Technology earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester. RIT also made our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 9,961 students at RIT that take at least one class online. 1,867 students are part time.

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The New School
New York, NY

The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The New School. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The student loan default rate at New School University is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,293 students at New School University that take at least one class online. About 1,257 of the students at New School University are attending part time.

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Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

Stevenson University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best film, video & photographic arts schools for non-traditional students. Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Owings Mills.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. There are approximately 1,581 students at Stevenson that take at least one class online. 746 students are part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Located in the small city of University Park, Penn State University Park is a public college with a fairly large student population. Penn State University Park not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at Penn State University Park is lower than is typical, just 0.0% of students default in three years. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Pace University - New York as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at Pace University is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,120 students take at least one class online at Pace University. 3,498 of Pace University students are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University at Buffalo. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 16,575 students at University at Buffalo that take at least one class online. 5,053 students are part time.

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Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn College landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best film, video & photographic arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 9,254 students take at least one class online at Brooklyn College. 5,426 students are part time.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Temple University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 20,264 students take at least one class online at Temple. 4,634 of Temple students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students film, video & photographic arts colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,641
Pennsylvania 521
Maryland 64
New Jersey 160
Delaware 8
District of Columbia 45

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

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 23 schools only.

References

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