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2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Missouri

7 Colleges in Missouri
157 Film Degrees Awarded
$18,970 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 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Missouri ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 157 degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Missouri Your choice of film, video & photographic arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

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

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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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Missouri

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.

Top Missouri Schools in Film

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MO

Any student who is interested in film, video & photographic arts has to check out Washington University in St Louis. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.

There were about 19 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.

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Webster University
Saint Louis, MO
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
53 Film Degrees Awarded
17.0% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Webster University if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #219 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Webster is a great university overall.

There were about 53 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Webster in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the film program earn about $17,798 for their early career.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$23,987 Median Starting Salary
$21,515 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.

There were roughly 16 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the film, video & photographic arts program at University of Missouri - Columbia earn $5,017 above the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MO

It is difficult to beat Missouri State University - Springfield if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were roughly 25 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In MO

Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Charles. This university ranks 15th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were approximately 5 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Lindenwood University in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In MO
42.9% Growth in Graduates

UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were about 7 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Located in the city of Kansas City, Kansas City Art Institute is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

There were about 17 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Kansas City Art Institute in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the film program earn an average of $15,126 in the first couple years of their career.

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Stephens College
Columbia, MO
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In MO
28.6% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Columbia, Stephens is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 20th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.

There were approximately 7 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Stephens in the most recent data year.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 284 154
Kansas 266 71
Iowa 264 79
Nebraska 238 37
North Dakota 210 4
South Dakota 204 7

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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 91
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 39
Photography 17
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts 10

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 492
Design & Applied Arts 460
Music 377
Drama & Theater Arts 318
General Visual & Performing Arts 112
Dance 37
Arts & Media Management 20

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