2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Documentary Production in California

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in documentary production. It is ranked #722 out of 1095 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Documentary Production in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 master's degrees in documentary production during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Documentary Production School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in documentary production matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Documentary Production in California ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of documentary production students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for documentary production.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Documentary Production in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in documentary production.

Most Well Attended Schools for Documentary Production Students Working on Their Master's

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University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

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University of California - Santa Cruz is a popular decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in documentary production. UC Santa Cruz is a large public university located in the city of Santa Cruz. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in documentary production in California.

There were roughly 9 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in documentary production from University of California - Santa Cruz

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Chapman University
Orange, CA

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

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Chapman University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in documentary production. Chapman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Orange. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in documentary production in California.

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

More information about a master’s in documentary production from Chapman University

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New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in documentary production needs to take a look at New York Film Academy. New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Burbank. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in documentary production in California.

There were approximately 4 documentary production individuals who graduated with this degree at New York Film Academy in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in documentary production from New York Film Academy

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Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA

Mount Saint Mary's University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in documentary production. Located in the city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a master’s in documentary production from Mount Saint Mary’s University

Best Documentary Production Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Documentary Production Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Documentary Production Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Film, Video & Photographic Arts area of study, Documentary Production has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Documentary Production

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production	481
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	231
Photography	73

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.