2025 Best Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in other film/video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #215 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 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for other film/video & photographic arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 bachelor's degrees in other film/video & photographic arts to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other film/video & photographic arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other film/video & photographic arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other film/video & photographic arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other film/video & photographic arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other film/video & photographic arts.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

21 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other film/video & photographic arts. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a bachelor’s in other film/video & photographic arts from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

28 Annual Graduates

Western Michigan University is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in other film/video & photographic arts. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other film/video & photographic arts from Western Michigan University

Best Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best other film/video & photographic arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	35
Ohio	612	11

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Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Film, Video & Photographic Arts area of study, Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production	654
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	523
Photography	109
Documentary Production	2

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.