2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in film, video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #42 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 128 bachelor's degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to film, video & photographic arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of film, video & photographic arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt film, video & photographic arts students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized film, video & photographic arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for film, video & photographic arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Film, Video & Photographic Arts in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in film, video & photographic arts.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Film

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

75 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in film, video & photographic arts needs to check out University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.More information about a bachelor’s in film, video & photographic arts from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

39 Annual Graduates

$25,344 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in film, video & photographic arts has to look into New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the film program make about $25,344 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in film, video & photographic arts from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	178
Arizona	200	365
Oklahoma	190	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Film

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Film Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	75
Film & Video Production	53

Majors Similar to Film

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	82
General Visual & Performing Arts	34
Music	33
Drama & Theater Arts	21
Dance	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.