2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Film/Cinema/Media Studies is the 145th most popular major in the country with 5,210 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 851 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 164 film / cinema / media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in film / cinema / media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film / cinema / media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film / cinema / media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Regent also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052.

Read full report on Film/Cinema/Media Studies at Regent University

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Miami Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#3

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$19,468 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #3 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 116 masters’s film studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Full Sail University are $19,468, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Full Sail University Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

#4

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s film studies students in 2019-2020.

SCAD also made our “Best Film/Cinema/Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Savannah College of Art and Design Film/Cinema/Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film/Cinema/Media Studies (With Aid)

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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