Film & Video Production at Columbia College Chicago

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every film & video production school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the cinematography program at Columbia College Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,769.

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

Columbia Film & Video Production Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Cinematography

Columbia Film & Video Production Rankings

The cinematography major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Film & Video Production. 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.

Cinematography Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cinematography majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of cinematography bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical cinematography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in cinematography at Columbia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in cinematography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	76
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Cinematography Grads May Go Into

A degree in cinematography can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Producers and Directors	2,950	$77,960
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators	520	$45,340
Film and Video Editors	300	$64,820

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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