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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

8 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Salary
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Missouri, there were 121 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,600 and $31,140 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent film, video and photographic arts programs, but they also 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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The film school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s film degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend WUSTL is $11,832 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Washington University in St Louis

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 21 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mizzou is $13,145 for missouri bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Mizzou

#3

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Charles, Missouri, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,340 for missouri bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lindenwood University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Lindenwood University

#4

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #4 spot on the list. UCM is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Missouri is $13,977 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Central Missouri

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 4 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City is $14,571 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at UMKC

#6

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

Webster University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $21,689 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Webster.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Webster

#7

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

Stephens College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Stephens College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens also took the #7 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens is $20,933 for missouri bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Stephens Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#8

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Kansas City Art Institute came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Kansas City Art Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Art Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas City Art Institute is $29,729 for missouri bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Kansas City Art Institute Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

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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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