2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Pennsylvania
9Colleges in Pennsylvania
590Film 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 9 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 590 degrees in film, video & photographic arts annually.
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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
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Pennsylvania
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts has to check out Temple University. Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 180 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program report average early career wages of $24,345.
University of Pennsylvania is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 20 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
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.
Every student who is interested in film, video & photographic arts needs to take a look at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 39 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the film, video & photographic arts degree program at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus earn $2,652 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Drexel University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, film degree recipients usually earn an average of $19,758 at the beginning of their careers.
UArts is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.
There were about 22 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UArts in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the film program make an average of $17,674 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the midsize city of Allentown, Muhlenberg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 17th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 12 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Muhlenberg in the most recent year we have data available.
Point Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 65th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 43 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Point Park in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
Located in the city of Harrisburg, HACC is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 30th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 9 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at HACC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Center Valley, DeSales is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 34th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 12 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at DeSales in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the film program earn around $22,651 in their early career salary.
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.
