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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 1,089 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,081 and $27,676 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s film students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree film students with aid list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Film, Video & Photographic Arts at SMU

• 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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