2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Ohio
8Colleges in Ohio
364Film Degrees Awarded
$25,982Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in film, video & photographic arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #62 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 364 degrees in film, video & photographic arts annually.
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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School
The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Ohio
The schools below may not offer all types of film degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Kenyon College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Kenyon is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Gambier. A Best Colleges rank of #333 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kenyon is a great college overall.
There were approximately 9 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Kenyon in the most recent data year.
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.
Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
Oberlin College is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Oberlin. This college ranks 17th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 21 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Oberlin in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 29 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at BGSU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, film degree recipients typically earn about $19,803 at the beginning of their careers.
CCAD is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Columbus.
There were about 18 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at CCAD in the most recent data year. Film, Video & Photographic Arts degree recipients from Columbus College of Art and Design earn a boost of about $3,012 above the typical earnings of film, video & photographic arts graduates.
Cleveland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 54th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 60 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Cleveland State University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the film program make around $22,263 in their early career salary.
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.
Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 46th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 19 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Wright State University - Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, film degree recipients typically earn around $24,617 in their early careers.
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).
The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
