2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
114
Degrees Awarded
$24,668
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Colorado, there were 268 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,733 and $21,140 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree vets studying film.
Top 2 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 101 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,379 of the 37,437 students enrolled at CU - Boulder were GI Bill® students, of which 968 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,889. During this same period, 46 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CU - Boulder]](/colleges/university-of-colorado-boulder/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Film for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2020-2021.
DU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Of the 13,856 students enrolled at University of Denver, 571 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 373 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,359. During this same period, 155 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.