2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut, there were 195 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,900 and $28,634 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. University of Hartford is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847.

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#3

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$34,806 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sacred Heart University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

Sacred Heart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart University are $34,806, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts (With Aid)

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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