2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in film, video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 95 associate degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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, video & photographic arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of film, video & photographic arts students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt film, video & photographic arts students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized film, video & photographic arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for film, video & photographic arts 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, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in film, video & photographic arts.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Film

1

Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, MI

32 Annual Graduates

Washtenaw Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in film, video & photographic arts. Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor.More information about a associate in film, video & photographic arts from Washtenaw Community College

2

Mott Community College
Flint, MI

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Mott Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in film, video & photographic arts. MCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Flint.More information about a associate in film, video & photographic arts from Mott Community College

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	196	12
Michigan	192	68
Wisconsin	114	25

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts Related Rankings by Major

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Film Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production	50
Photography	30
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	15

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	896
Fine & Studio Arts	219
Music	107
General Visual & Performing Arts	33
Drama & Theater Arts	17
Arts & Media Management	16
Dance	1

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.