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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York

14 Colleges
1,709 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,801 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 New YorkIn <nil>, 1,709 bachelor's degrees were awarded to film, video & photographic arts students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state. This means that 13.8% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.

For this year's Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a bachelor's in film. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video & photographic arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video & photographic arts program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York

Check out the film programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

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 tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional film, video & photographic arts students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. NYU also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York rankings.

The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.

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Rochester Institute of Technology comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York list.

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

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The New School
New York, NY

The New School comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. New School University also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. There are approximately 5,293 students at New School University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,257 part time students in attendance at New School University.

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Pace University - New York earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

About 1.9% of Pace University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,120 students at Pace University that take at least one class online. 3,498 students are part time.

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University at Buffalo comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo. University at Buffalo also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York rankings.

About 1.3% of University at Buffalo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 16,575 students take at least one class online at University at Buffalo. 5,053 of University at Buffalo students are attending part time.

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Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn College landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best film, video & photographic arts schools for non-traditional students. Brooklyn College is a large public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

About 1.1% of Brooklyn College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 9,254 students take at least one class online at Brooklyn College. 5,426 students are part time.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Our rankings recognize Syracuse University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. Syracuse not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New York list.

About 1.1% of Syracuse students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,812 students take at least one class online at Syracuse. 3,491 of Syracuse students are attending part time.

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SUNY Oswego
Oswego, NY

SUNY Oswego landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best film, video & photographic arts schools for non-traditional students. SUNY Oswego is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Oswego.

About 1.8% of SUNY Oswego students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,764 students take at least one class online at SUNY Oswego. 1,020 students are part time.

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Purchase College
Purchase, NY

The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purchase College. Purchase College is a small public school located in the suburb of Purchase.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. There are approximately 2,516 students at Purchase College that take at least one class online. 308 of Purchase College students are attending part time.

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Hunter College
New York, NY

Hunter College comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of New York, Hunter is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at Hunter is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 14,334 students at Hunter that take at least one class online. 8,678 students are part time.

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

Explore all the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 14 schools only.

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