2025 Best Documentary Production Schools
7
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 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Documentary Production Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 98 degrees in documentary production to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Documentary Production School
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
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
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In CA
It is hard to beat Chapman University if you wish to pursue a degree in documentary production. Chapman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Orange. A Best Colleges rank of #172 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Chapman is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in documentary production from Chapman University
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
Ithaca College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in documentary production. Ithaca is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small suburb of Ithaca. This college ranks 23rd out of 136 colleges 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
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In IL
Every student pursuing a degree in documentary production has to take a look at Columbia College Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 4 documentary production students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in documentary production from Columbia College Chicago
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IL
Every student pursuing a degree in documentary production has 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 2,152 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 data year.
More information about a degree in documentary production from Northwestern University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In CA
UC Santa Cruz is a large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,152 schools 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
