The main focus area for this major is Film/Cinema/Media Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Boston College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in film, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for film majors, Boston College came in at #11. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Massachusetts.
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Part-time undergraduates at Boston College paid an average of $534 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $59,050 | $59,050 |
Fees | $1,152 | $1,152 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,220 | $15,220 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,900 | $1,900 |
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Online degrees for the Boston College film bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston College Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in film in 2019-2020, 37.5% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 47.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 62.5% of the film bachelor’s degrees at Boston College in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Film/Cinema/Media Studies | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to film, video and photographic arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Drama & Theater Arts | 11 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 15 |
Music | 6 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.