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2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 258 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,875 and $27,738 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video and photographic arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Virginia (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for Virginia Associate Degree Film students with aid.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Northern Virginia Community College

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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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