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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

10 Colleges
2,555 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,730 Avg Cost*

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

This year's Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer a bachelor's in film. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality film, video & photographic arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the film, video & photographic arts program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

1
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional film, video & photographic arts students. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,172 students at Florida State that take at least one class online. 8,311 of Florida State students are attending part time.

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2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNCW has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UNCW is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,583 students take at least one class online at UNCW. There are roughly 4,896 part time students in attendance at UNCW.

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3

Virginia Commonwealth University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population. VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region list.

The student loan default rate at VCU is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,039 students at VCU that take at least one class online. 5,055 of VCU students are attending part time.

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George Mason University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, GMU has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at GMU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 students are part time.

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5

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Florida. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 1.3% of UCF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 28,807 students at UCF that take at least one class online. 23,575 of UCF students are attending part time.

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Our rankings recognize University of Miami as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 0.6% of U Miami students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,899 students take at least one class online at U Miami. 1,358 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of South Carolina - Columbia as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population. UofSC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region list.

About 1.6% of UofSC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 16,608 students at UofSC that take at least one class online. 3,896 of UofSC students are attending part time.

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Georgia State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

The student loan default rate at Georgia State is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,669 students take at least one class online at Georgia State. There are roughly 9,276 part time students in attendance at Georgia State.

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The University of Tampa earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tampa.

About 0.8% of UT students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,173 students take at least one class online at UT. There are roughly 851 part time students in attendance at UT.

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University of Central Arkansas earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. UCA is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Conway.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,405 students at UCA that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,534 part time students in attendance at UCA.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students film, video & photographic arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 797
Georgia 667
Tennessee 204
North Carolina 181
Virginia 175
South Carolina 130
Kentucky 4
Louisiana 58
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 61

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Film, Video & Photographic Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 10 schools only.

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