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

8 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Film Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 1,484 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,350 and $24,983 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in film, video and photographic arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video and photographic arts programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 13 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Yale University

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 3 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design also took the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts College of Art and Design are $24,000, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #4 spot on the list. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 9 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree film students with aid list, UHart has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Hartford Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#5

Lesley University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lesley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s film degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Lesley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lesley are $19,050.

Full Lesley Film, Video & Photographic Arts Report

#6

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Rhode Island School of Design landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 6 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree film students with aid list, RISD has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RISD are $54,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at RISD

#7

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, New England College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. New England College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henniker, New Hampshire. It awarded 2 masters’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC also took the #8 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New England College are $15,764.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at NEC

#8

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

Sacred Heart University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Sacred Heart University is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, 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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