2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in South Carolina
3Colleges in South Carolina
125Film Degrees Awarded
$25,982Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in film, video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #62 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 125 degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School
The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings by Degree Level
The film school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in South Carolina.
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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Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in South Carolina
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 film degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of South Carolina - Columbia is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were about 105 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program state that they receive average early career earnings of $23,686.
It's difficult to beat Clemson University if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 7 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts has to take a look at Bob Jones University. Located in the city of Greenville, Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 6 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Bob Jones University in the most recent data year.
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).
The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
