Film/Video and Photographic Arts

16,437 students earn a film/video and photographic arts credential each year across 563 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $25,344
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $42,807

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 370 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida594$24,0781 year out$34,243$27,000 2New York UniversityNew York, New York446$23,8691 year out$56,749$22,250 3Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia361$23,9761 year out$44,203$27,000 4Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts298$27,0321 year out$52,518$24,250 5Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia266$22,5881 year out$42,807$25,755 6DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois239$26,1641 year out$49,205$24,717 7California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California220—1 year out——8Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood, California207$22,5961 year out—$42,250 9San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California195$18,6541 year out$48,379$17,850 10University of California-RiversideRiverside, California190$24,8401 year out$47,385$20,500 11University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida187$23,6761 year out$36,327$21,375 12Chapman UniversityOrange, California180$35,7951 year out$65,834$19,123 13University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California178$34,1871 year out$53,923$21,687 14University of California-IrvineIrvine, California175$21,3971 year out$44,541$16,300 15University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California174$28,6081 year out$52,687$15,000 16University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California173$23,6141 year out$45,511$16,439 17Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona165$31,1481 year out$48,485$20,534 18Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois162$23,9051 year out$36,486$26,000 19School of Visual ArtsNew York, New York152$20,3121 year out$34,499$27,000 20University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah137$28,1381 year out$48,574$24,063 21Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania133$24,3451 year out$42,474$25,000 22Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire130$33,5781 year out—$33,345 23Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California117$24,5611 year out$45,035$23,250 24Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York116$28,8581 year out$51,613$27,000 25University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California112$29,0111 year out$38,182$15,693 26Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York112$23,7821 year out$44,112$25,000 27New York Film AcademyBurbank, California109$16,4151 year out—$31,000 28CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York106$20,4761 year out$35,878$13,622 29Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee105$28,2021 year out—$19,270 30University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin101$23,8401 year out$41,542$27,000 31University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan96$25,5651 year out$49,997$19,760 32Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey96$28,4741 year out$49,366$27,000 33Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, Massachusetts91$22,7641 year out$42,630$25,965 34Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia91$23,1091 year out$43,942$26,000 35Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California90—1 year out——36University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina89$22,3151 year out$35,422$22,052 37California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California88$24,6181 year out$53,310$16,205 38University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina88$23,6861 year out$40,191$25,750 39University of OregonEugene, Oregon85$20,0411 year out$35,905$24,500 40The New SchoolNew York, New York84$21,5231 year out$53,471$25,829 41Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania82$30,6971 year out$42,386$23,250 42Pace UniversityNew York, New York77$20,7751 year out$54,429$25,238 43University of California-DavisDavis, California76$19,2581 year out$50,629$18,000 44University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada75$21,4911 year out$39,968$18,500 45University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico75—1 year out$34,721$15,851 46University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, North Carolina75$24,0531 year out$43,562$27,000 47Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona73$31,1481 year out$48,485$20,534 48Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio72$22,2631 year out$38,453$26,774 49Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, New York70$16,7101 year out$34,194$27,000 50University of KansasLawrence, Kansas69$28,2891 year out$36,506$24,750 51Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania69$19,7581 year out—$25,379 52Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan68$25,2561 year out$41,264$25,899 53Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona67$29,0941 year out$47,224$28,625 54University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington66$28,5611 year out——55Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana65$29,6081 year out$41,239$24,495 56University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado64$22,6011 year out$44,272$20,000 57University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island63$29,6341 year out$45,389$22,500 58University of IowaIowa City, Iowa60$26,1471 year out$44,273$25,000 59University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York60$26,6301 year out$50,882$24,509 60Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York60$26,3311 year out—$27,000 61University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona58$26,0541 year out$55,707$21,500 62Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California56$23,3541 year out$39,174$36,500 63California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California56—1 year out——64CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York54$24,8691 year out$48,104$7,134 65Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee52$30,1881 year out—$20,500 66Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia52$20,5121 year out—$22,500 67Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut50—1 year out——68Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania49—1 year out$39,856$27,000 69Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah49$25,5061 year out$44,912$12,000 70Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut47$29,2531 year out—$24,864 71Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida47$20,6111 year out—$6,500 72SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York47$18,1281 year out$37,180$26,949 73Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon47$27,0281 year out$44,469$25,000 74Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia46—1 year out——75American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia45$26,7671 year out$69,028$23,250 76University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida45$35,4851 year out$36,961$18,500 77Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio45—1 year out$38,464$22,500 78Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts44$56,4181 year out——79Fordham UniversityBronx, New York44$36,7041 year out—$25,000 80Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island44$17,7011 year out$51,503$27,000 81Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey43$22,3111 year out—$25,000 82Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia43—1 year out——83University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado42—1 year out——84Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California41$22,9881 year out$33,995$31,000 85State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York41$22,6821 year out$44,107$25,798 86Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas40—1 year out——87Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri39$19,0711 year out$33,345$23,700 88New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico39$25,3441 year out$35,433$15,625 89Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts38—1 year out——90Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas38—1 year out$46,722—91Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah38$41,8331 year out——92Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin38—1 year out——93George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia36$23,9891 year out$49,691$25,000 94Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, Georgia35—1 year out——95Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho33—1 year out——96University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas32$26,9391 year out$19,899$22,983 97Clayton State UniversityMorrow, Georgia32$15,9521 year out—$27,896 98University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota32$29,9581 year out$44,896$19,875 99Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana31—1 year out$48,581—100Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio31$19,8031 year out$43,486$26,000

Associate programs — top 100 of 141 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire107$27,9901 year out—$18,875 2Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California67—1 year out——3Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood, California63$19,4341 year out$27,196$20,000 4Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida49$16,6351 year out$37,275$13,549 5Community College of AuroraAurora, Colorado47$20,5331 year out$36,726$20,750 6Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida44$22,5871 year out——7Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico35$7,9071 year out——8Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan32—1 year out$34,602—9Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico32—1 year out——10College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California31—1 year out——11Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida31$24,6791 year out—$29,320 12Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia31—1 year out——13Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California30—1 year out——14Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona28—1 year out$39,751—15Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California28—1 year out——16Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska26$39,8771 year out——17Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona23—1 year out——18CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York21—1 year out——19Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas21—1 year out——20Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California20—1 year out——21Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota20$21,1721 year out$30,960$12,792 22CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York19—1 year out——23Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas18—1 year out——24Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona17—1 year out——25Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California17—1 year out——26Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia17—1 year out——27City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California16—1 year out——28Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida16—1 year out$28,159$10,000 29Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California15$30,1781 year out$36,174$32,641 30Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan15—1 year out$17,600—31Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida14—1 year out——32Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma14$21,0321 year out—$9,043 33Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah14—1 year out——34SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee14—1 year out——35Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida13$21,0021 year out——36Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa13—1 year out——37Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York13—1 year out——38SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York13—1 year out——39Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon13—1 year out——40Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——41San Francisco Film SchoolSan Francisco, California13—1 year out——42Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware12—1 year out——43Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York12—1 year out——44Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California11—1 year out——45Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan11—1 year out$36,325—46Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California10—1 year out——47Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina10—1 year out——48Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——49Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island10—1 year out——50Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California9—1 year out——51Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California9—1 year out——52San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California9—1 year out——53Sierra CollegeRocklin, California9—1 year out——54Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California9—1 year out——55Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan9—1 year out——56Citrus CollegeGlendora, California8—1 year out——57Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California8—1 year out——58Montcalm Community CollegeSidney, Michigan8—1 year out——59Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota8—1 year out——60Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York8—1 year out——61Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——62KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic ArtsDallas, Texas8—1 year out——63Cypress CollegeCypress, California7—1 year out——64Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood Springs, Colorado7—1 year out——65Columbus State UniversityColumbus, Georgia7—1 year out——66County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey7—1 year out——67Douglas Education CenterMonessen, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——68American River CollegeSacramento, California6—1 year out——69Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California6—1 year out——70De Anza CollegeCupertino, California6—1 year out——71Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California6—1 year out——72Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York6—1 year out——73Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin6—1 year out——74Chabot CollegeHayward, California5—1 year out——75Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California5—1 year out——76Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California5—1 year out——77Merced CollegeMerced, California5—1 year out——78Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California5—1 year out——79Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina5—1 year out——80Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio5—1 year out——81Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont5—1 year out——82Ventura CollegeVentura, California4—1 year out——83State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton, Florida4—1 year out——84Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky4—1 year out——85Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, Massachusetts4—1 year out$33,277—86Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota4—1 year out——87Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico4—1 year out——88Hocking CollegeNelsonville, Ohio4—1 year out——89Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——90Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton, Wyoming4—1 year out——91Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona3—1 year out——92South Arkansas CollegeEl Dorado, Arkansas3—1 year out——93College of the DesertPalm Desert, California3—1 year out——94Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California3—1 year out——95College of San MateoSan Mateo, California3—1 year out——96Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado3—1 year out——97Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut3—1 year out——98Pensacola State CollegePensacola, Florida3—1 year out——99Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan3—1 year out——100Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota3—1 year out$22,888—

Certificate programs — top 100 of 143 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida279—1 year out——2Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida272$25,5011 year out—$25,709 3Florida Institute of Recording Sound and TechnologyOrlando, Florida166$21,6101 year out$22,872$7,853 4New York Film AcademyBurbank, California117$17,1091 year out$30,494$9,500 5Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico85—1 year out——6Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida70—1 year out——7Nashville Film InstituteNashville, Tennessee57$22,9191 year out—$9,058 8University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin55—1 year out——9Motion Picture InstituteTroy, Michigan54—1 year out——10Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico51$7,4701 year out$16,893—11DSDTDetroit, Michigan48$27,8701 year out—$9,830 12Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California45—1 year out——13Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California36—1 year out——14West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California36—1 year out——15Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado36—1 year out——16Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio33—1 year out——17Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia29—1 year out——18University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts29—1 year out——19Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina29—1 year out——20Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia27—1 year out——21Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas26—1 year out——22Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma25—1 year out——23San Francisco Film SchoolSan Francisco, California24—1 year out——24Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas22—1 year out——25Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah21—1 year out——26Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California20—1 year out——27Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee20—1 year out——28Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California19—1 year out——29Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan18—1 year out——30Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona17—1 year out——31Pickens Technical CollegeAurora, Colorado17—1 year out——32City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California16—1 year out——33Southern Oklahoma Technology CenterArdmore, Oklahoma16—1 year out——34Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida14—1 year out——35Citrus CollegeGlendora, California13—1 year out——36Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico13—1 year out——37Eastern Oklahoma County Technology CenterChoctaw, Oklahoma13—1 year out——38Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee12—1 year out——39Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California11—1 year out——40Community College of AuroraAurora, Colorado11—1 year out$38,543—41Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado11—1 year out——42Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida11—1 year out——43Columbus State UniversityColumbus, Georgia11—1 year out——44Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas10—1 year out——45Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California10—1 year out——46Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California10—1 year out——47Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California10—1 year out——48Orange Technical College-South CampusOrlando, Florida10—1 year out——49Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa10—1 year out——50Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio10—1 year out——51Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California9—1 year out——52Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California9—1 year out——53The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington9—1 year out——54Chabot CollegeHayward, California8—1 year out——55Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky8—1 year out——56Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——57Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina8—1 year out——58Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas8—1 year out——59University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin8—1 year out——60Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California7—1 year out——61William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida7—1 year out——62Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan7—1 year out——63Central Lakes College-BrainerdBrainerd, Minnesota7—1 year out——64Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina7—1 year out——65Central Technology CenterDrumright, Oklahoma7—1 year out——66Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, Oklahoma7—1 year out——67Seattle Film InstituteSeattle, Washington7$28,4471 year out—$19,328 68South Arkansas CollegeEl Dorado, Arkansas6—1 year out——69Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California6—1 year out——70Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California6—1 year out——71Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida6—1 year out——72Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho6—1 year out——73Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico6—1 year out——74American InterContinental University-AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia6—1 year out——75Husson UniversityBangor, Maine6—1 year out——76College of the DesertPalm Desert, California5—1 year out——77San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California5—1 year out——78Ventura CollegeVentura, California5—1 year out——79Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado5—1 year out——80University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky5—1 year out——81Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana5—1 year out——82Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma5—1 year out——83Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia5—1 year out——84Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia5—1 year out——85Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin5—1 year out——86Fred K Marchman Technical CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida5—1 year out——87Maine Media CollegeRockport, Maine5—1 year out——88Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——89Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona4—1 year out——90Butte CollegeOroville, California4—1 year out——91Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California4—1 year out——92Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California4—1 year out——93Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida4—1 year out——94Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida4—1 year out——95Orange Technical CollegeOrlando, Florida4—1 year out——96St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida4—1 year out——97Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia4—1 year out——98Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas4—1 year out——99Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota4—1 year out——100Porterville CollegePorterville, California3—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).