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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Montana, there were 114 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,100 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k. The University of Montana is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 6 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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