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2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
173 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,213 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,258 and $33,417 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 173 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 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 an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fashion Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 13 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid list, FIT SUNY has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $10,523 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Film students with aid per year to attend Fashion Institute of Technology.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at FIT SUNY

#2

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Nassau Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Nassau Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Garden City, New York. It awarded 11 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Nassau Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nassau Community College is $4,594 for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Nassau Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Suffolk County Community College is a large public school situated in Selden, New York. It awarded 23 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk County Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

Full Suffolk County Community College Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#4

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 15 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Monroe Community College is $6,830 for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Monroe Community College

#5

County College of Morris

Randolph, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend County College of Morris. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Randolph, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.

County College of Morris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for County College of Morris is $9,173 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Film students with aid.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at County College of Morris

#6

Luzerne County Community College

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Luzerne County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Luzerne County Community College is a small school located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Luzerne County Community College also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Luzerne County Community College is $7,985 for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Luzerne County Community College

#8 in overall quality

Delaware County Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Media, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s film degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Delaware County Community College also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $11,597 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Film students with aid per year to attend Delaware County Community College.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Delaware County Community College

#8

Villa Maria College

Buffalo, New York
#9 in overall quality

Villa Maria College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 1 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Villa also took the #9 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Villa is $12,243 for middle atlantic region associate degree film students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Villa

#9

Delaware College of Art and Design

Wilmington, Delaware
#6 in overall quality

Delaware College of Art and Design came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. DCAD is a small school located in Wilmington, Delaware that handed out 6 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DCAD, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $30,910 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Film students with aid per year to attend Delaware College of Art and Design.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Delaware College of Art and Design 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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