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2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Rhode Island

3 Colleges in Rhode Island
104 Film Degrees Awarded
$23,497 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in film, video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #62 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 degrees in film, video & photographic arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Rhode Island Your choice of film, video & photographic arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Film, Video & Photographic Arts Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Film
Master's Degrees in Film

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Rhode Island

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the film degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Rhode Island Schools in Film

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
42 Film Degrees Awarded
$19,604 Median Starting Salary

Rhode Island School of Design is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

There were roughly 42 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at RISD in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program report average early career earnings of $19,604.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
47 Film Degrees Awarded
12.8% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.

There were about 47 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the film, video & photographic arts program at University of Rhode Island make $3,893 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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RIC crest
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In RI
25.0% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Rhode Island College if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

There were approximately 12 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 729
Connecticut 241 178
New Hampshire 210 236
Maine 202 5
Vermont 194 67

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

Film Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production 50
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts 30
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 12
Photography 12

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Majors Similar to Film

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 279
Design & Applied Arts 159
Drama & Theater Arts 82
Music 72
Dance 13

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