2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 542 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,180 and $25,495 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree film students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Pitt is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 doctorate’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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