2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,429 people earned their degree in film and video production, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 256 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 film and video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in film and video production. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film and video production programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the film and video production program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Missoula, Montana, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s cinematography students in 2019-2020.

UM also made our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at The University of Montana

#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Cinematography Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 4 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Film & Video Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at Montana State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production (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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