2021 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
8Colleges
692Bachelor's Degrees
$30,486Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 8 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.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Featured Film, Video & Photographic Arts Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
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 Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Featured Film, Video & Photographic Arts Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Arizona has taken the #1 spot in this year's film, video & photographic arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population. University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. There are roughly 12,642 part time students in attendance at University of Arizona.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Methodist University. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas. SMU also made our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at SMU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 912 of SMU students are exclusively distance learners. 3,019 students are part time.
Grand Canyon University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Grand Canyon University also made our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #8.
About 1.5% of Grand Canyon University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 79,865 of Grand Canyon University students are exclusively distance learners. 80,777 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Arizona State University - Tempe as the #4 school in this year's rankings. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe. ASU - Tempe also made our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 37,856 students at ASU - Tempe that take at least one class online. 8,480 students are part time.
Texas State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 2.0% of Texas State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. About 8,642 of the students at Texas State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Northern Arizona University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at NAU is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,603 students at NAU that take at least one class online. 6,368 of NAU students are attending part time.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque. UNM also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region rankings.
About 2.6% of UNM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,254 students take at least one class online at UNM. About 7,459 of the students at UNM are attending part time.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.9%. Approximately 7,734 students take at least one class online at NMSU Main Campus. 3,478 of NMSU Main Campus students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Film
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
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 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).
