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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$24,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Vermont, there were 83 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,300 and $24,749 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k list. Middlebury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Middlebury, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Middlebury is $20,468 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Film students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Middlebury

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #2 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for UVM is $21,595 for vermont bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.

Full University of Vermont Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 4 bachelors’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Vermont University is $19,324 for vermont bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Northern Vermont University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#4

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bennington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Bennington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $27,823 for vermont bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bennington College.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. 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.

Full Bennington College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#5

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #5 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s film degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Champlain not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain College is $33,570 for vermont bachelor’s degree film students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full Champlain College 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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