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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
108 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Film Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,853 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,124 and $29,674 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s film degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 2 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 14 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

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#7

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Columbia College Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 24 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $2,350, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

DePaul University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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