2022 Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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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 North Carolina, there were 244 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,700 and $24,735 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$26,064 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNCSA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCSA are $26,064, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

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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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