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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

4 Ranked Colleges
169 Degrees Awarded
$18,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,506 people earned their degree in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the 64th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 244 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,700 and $24,735 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in film, video and photographic arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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, video and photographic arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

UNCSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina School of the Arts is $3,456 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UNCSA

#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 85 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

UNCW also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,229 for north carolina bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNCW.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#3

High Point University

High Point, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in High Point, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s film students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at High Point, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $33,024 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend High Point.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Living Arts College

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Living Arts College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Living Arts College is a small private for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 9 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Living Arts College also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Living Arts College is $24,942 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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