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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Ranked Colleges
280 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,210 people earned their degree in film / cinema / media studies, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 290 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 280 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in film / cinema / media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film / cinema / media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $8,834 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film studies degrees to 137 students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,511 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend U of U.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for CU - Boulder is $13,366 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Film Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at CU - Boulder

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s film studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Idaho is $10,877 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,000 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Boise State University.

Full Boise State Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#5 in overall quality

University of Denver ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 16 bachelors’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DU is $19,659 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree film studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film/Cinema/Media Studies at DU

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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