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2022 Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Maryland, there were 130 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,850 and $25,076 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video and photographic arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 11 ’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johns Hopkins University is $3,526 for Maryland Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 20 ’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland - College Park is $8,054 for Maryland Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Stevenson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stevenson, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevenson also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stevenson is $18,252 for Maryland Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McDaniel College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. McDaniel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Westminster, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $7,365 for Maryland Film students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend McDaniel.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryland Institute College of Art landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 44 ’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

MICA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend Maryland Institute College of Art is $30,982 for Maryland Film students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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