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

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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Documentary Production in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 master's degrees in documentary production during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for documentary production.

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

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

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is a popular option for students interested in a master's degree in documentary production. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in documentary production in Illinois. More information about a master’s in documentary production from Northwestern University

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

1 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in documentary production has to take a look at DePaul University. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in documentary production in Illinois. More information about a master’s in documentary production from DePaul University

Best Documentary Production Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Documentary Production Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Rankings in Majors Related to Documentary Production

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Documentary Production

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production	47
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	21
Photography	6

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.