2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Plains States Region

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Film & Video Production is the 117th most popular major in the country with 8,361 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 175 film & video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 film & video production graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in film & video production. That schools that top this list have a program in film & video production in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree cinematography students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Film & Video Production in the Plains States Region

1

Maharishi International University
Fairfield, Iowa

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maharishi International University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Fairfield, Iowa, and it awarded 7 masters’s cinematography degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Film & Video Production at Maharishi International University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#9 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Cinematography Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s cinematography degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Film & Video Production at University of Iowa

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.