2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Texas
12
Colleges in Texas
252
Film Degrees Awarded
$20,616
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 12 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 252 degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School
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.
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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Texas
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.
10 Top Texas Schools in Film
It is hard to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In TX
52
Film Degrees Awarded
Baylor University is a great option for students interested in a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were about 52 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
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It is difficult to beat University of Houston if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat Texas State University if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 26 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the film program earn about $21,136 for their early career.
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Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 9 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
11th
Most Popular In TX
St. Edward's University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Austin. This university ranks 43rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 5 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at St. Edward's University in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
13th
Most Popular In TX
Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 4 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Dallas, The Art Institute of Dallas is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 4 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at The Art Institute of Dallas in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the film program earn about $19,360 in their early career salary.
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Located in the large city of Dallas, KD Conservatory is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were about 16 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at KD Conservatory in the most recent year we have data available.
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Ai Houston is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
There were roughly 10 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Ai Houston in the most recent data year. Film, Video & Photographic Arts degree recipients from The Art Institute of Houston get an earnings boost of approximately $3,026 over the average earnings of film, video & photographic arts graduates.
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