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2024 Best Documentary Production Schools

6 Colleges in the United States
98 Documentary Production Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in documentary production, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1106 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Documentary Production Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 degrees in documentary production during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Documentary Production School

Best Documentary Production Schools The documentary production program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Documentary Production rankings. We derive our Best Overall Documentary Production 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.

Pick Your Documentary Production Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Documentary Production
Master's Degrees in Documentary Production

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Documentary Production Schools list to help you make the college 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 Documentary Production in the United States

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 documentary production degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in Documentary Production

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL

Any student pursuing a degree in documentary production needs to look into Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were roughly 8 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in documentary production from Northwestern University

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA

It is difficult to beat Chapman University if you want to pursue a degree in documentary production. Chapman is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Orange. A Best Colleges rank of #191 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Chapman is a great university overall.

There were roughly 4 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in documentary production from Chapman University

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

Every student who is interested in documentary production has to take a look at Columbia College Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 16th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were about 4 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in documentary production from Columbia College Chicago

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Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

Ithaca College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in documentary production. Located in the suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 39th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 5 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Ithaca in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in documentary production from Ithaca College

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Emerson College
Boston, MA

Every student who is interested in documentary production needs to look into Emerson College. Located in the city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #179 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emerson is a great college overall.More information about a degree in documentary production from Emerson College

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA

UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #102 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in documentary production from University of California - Santa Cruz

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Dixie State University
Saint George, UT
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.More information about a degree in documentary production from Dixie State University

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High Point University
High Point, NC

Located in the city of High Point, High Point is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 18th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.More information about a degree in documentary production from High Point University

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Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA

New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Burbank.

There were approximately 8 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at New York Film Academy in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in documentary production from New York Film Academy

Documentary Production by Region

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Documentary Production is one of 4 different types of Film, Video & Photographic Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Documentary Production

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Film & Video Production8,361
Film/Cinema/Media Studies5,479
Photography2,175
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts1,513

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