2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region
39
Colleges in the Far Western US Region
4,641
Film Degrees Awarded
$25,418
Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in
film, video & photographic arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #62 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 39 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,641 degrees in film, video & photographic arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School
The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of film degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top Far Western US Region Schools in Film
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 310 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Those film, video & photographic arts students who get their degree from University of Southern California receive $6,618 more than the average film student.
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It's hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year. Those film, video & photographic arts students who get their degree from University of California - Berkeley earn $5,895 more than the standard film student.
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Chapman University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the medium-sized city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 190 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent year we have data available. Those film, video & photographic arts students who get their degree from Chapman University receive $4,175 more than the standard film grad.
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It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 127 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the film program earn about $27,331 in the first couple years of their career.
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UCSB is a very large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were about 184 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year. After graduation, film degree recipients usually make about $27,057 in the first five years of their career.
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Film Degrees Awarded
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 38 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were about 167 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the film, video & photographic arts degree program at University of California - Irvine make $2,727 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #102 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were roughly 179 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, film degree recipients typically earn an average of $24,155 in their early careers.
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Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Loyola Marymount is a great university overall.
There were about 104 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent data year. Film, Video & Photographic Arts degree recipients from Loyola Marymount University get an earnings boost of around $4,389 over the average earnings of film, video & photographic arts graduates.
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Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 35th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 247 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at SFSU in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, film degree recipients usually make about $24,940 at the beginning of their careers.
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