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Colleges in the United States
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Associate Degrees
Film/Cinema/Media Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #292 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of film/cinema/media studies. Combined, these schools handed out 152 associate degrees in film/cinema/media studies to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The film studies associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on film/cinema/media studies students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other film/cinema/media studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized film/cinema/media studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for film/cinema/media studies students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Film/Cinema/Media Studies Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.