2025 Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

an associate degree in film & video production is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #121 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for film & video production students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 182 associate degrees in film & video production during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Film & Video Production School for Your Associate Degree

The cinematography associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality cinematography program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 film & video production students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of film & video production students who choose to seek a associate 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 film & video production related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for film & video production students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Film & Video Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Film & Video Production in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in film & video production.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Cinematography

1

Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in film & video production has to check out Palm Beach State College. Located in the suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in film & video production from Palm Beach State College

2

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

Valencia College is a great decision for students pursuing an associate degree in film & video production. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in film & video production from Valencia College

3

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Miami Dade College is a great choice for students interested in an associate degree in film & video production. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in film & video production from Miami Dade College

4

SAE Institute - Nashville
Nashville, TN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in film & video production needs to take a look at SAE Institute - Nashville. SAE Institute - Nashville is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a associate in film & video production from SAE Institute - Nashville

Best Film & Video Production Colleges by State

Explore the best film & video production colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	232	156
North Carolina	231	12
Georgia	217	51
Tennessee	170	1
Arkansas	161	2
Kentucky	129	7

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Film & Video Production Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Cinematography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Photography	35
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	27
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts	26

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.