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2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree film students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #6 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 UIC are $27,036.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #7 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 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Full Central Michigan University Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 1 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #4 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 State are $37,141.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree film students with aid list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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 Getting Aid list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s film degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at OHIO Athens

#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 Getting Aid list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $2,350, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Columbia College Chicago

#8

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

With a ranking of #8, DePaul University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #3 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DePaul 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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