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2023 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

1 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$42,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Film

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 District of Columbia for Film” 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 District of Columbia, there were 89 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,870 and $24,078 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video and photographic arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Film

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia vets studying film.

Top 1 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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American University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Film. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 69 ’s film degrees in 2020-2021.

The American University also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 613 of the 14,001 students enrolled at American University were GI Bill® students, of which 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,027. During this same period, 206 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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