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2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in New Mexico

3 Colleges in New Mexico
165 Film Degrees Awarded
$21,737 Avg Early-Career Salary
Film, Video & Photographic Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #62 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 165 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 New Mexico Your choice of film, video & photographic arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for film, video & photographic arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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

Associate Degrees in Film
Bachelor'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 New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New Mexico

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the film degree levels they offer.

Top New Mexico Schools in Film

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
52 Film Degrees Awarded
48.1% Growth in Graduates

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. A Best Colleges rank of #514 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.

There were about 52 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the film program earn around $22,860 in the first couple years of working.

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2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NM
51 Film Degrees Awarded

Central New Mexico Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 23 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.

There were about 51 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$20,613 Median Starting Salary
$20,375 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts needs to check out New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 5th out of 23 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.

There were roughly 26 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program state that they receive average early career income of $20,613.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 317 220
Arizona 287 444
Oklahoma 257 63

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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 108
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 53
Photography 3
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts 1

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 162
General Visual & Performing Arts 72
Music 70
Drama & Theater Arts 40
Design & Applied Arts 35
Dance 9

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