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New York Film Academy Overview

Located in Burbank, California, New York Film Academy is a private for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is New York Film Academy Known For?

408 Undergraduate Awards
  • New York Film Academy has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at New York Film Academy is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The master's degree is the highest award offered at New York Film Academy.
  • In 2019-2020, 20% of the faculty were full-time.
  • The average New York Film Academy student graduates in 4.0 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

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New York Film Academy Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at New York Film Academy.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Most Popular Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards New York Film Academy has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#1 Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting College Factual
#1 Highest Paid Associate Degree Playwriting & Screenwriting Graduates College Factual

Where Is New York Film Academy?

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Contact details for New York Film Academy are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3300 West Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91505
Phone: 818-333-3558
Website: www.nyfa.edu

How Do I Get Into New York Film Academy?

You can apply to New York Film Academy online at: www.nyfa.edu/admissions/

New York Film Academy has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford New York Film Academy?

35% Take Out Loans
3.8% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At New York Film Academy, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $12,592 a year. That adds up to $50,368 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at New York Film Academy is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

New York Film Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

962 Full-Time Undergraduates
46% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are also 309 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 962 full-time undergraduates at New York Film Academy, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New York Film Academy students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 22
Black or African American 82
Hispanic or Latino 109
White 143
International Students 419
Other Races/Ethnicities 187

Over 118 countries are represented at New York Film Academy. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Brazil.

Online Learning at New York Film Academy

1,271 Took All Classes Online
1,271 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2019-2020, 1,271 students took at least one online class at the school.

New York Film Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 9 88 113 145 355
Drama & Theater Arts 13 69 97 49 228
Design & Applied Arts 2 0 4 6 12
Graphic Communications 0 6 4 0 10
Journalism 0 3 0 0 3
TOTAL 24 166 218 200 608

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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