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Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Every film, video and photographic arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the film program at Carnegie Mellon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in film from Carnegie Mellon.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Film, Video & Photographic Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Film, Video & Photographic Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Film

Carnegie Mellon Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the film progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The film major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Film, Video & Photographic Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools 413

Film Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the film majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 film majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its film bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in film.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in film. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Film Grads May Go Into

A degree in film can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Producers and Directors 2,700 $76,050
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Communications Professors 1,280 $76,720
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators 870 $46,350

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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