Film & Video Production at New York University

If you plan to study film & video production, take a look at what New York University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

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.

NYU Film & Video Production Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cinematography
• Master’s Degree in Cinematography

NYU Film & Video Production Rankings

The cinematography major at NYU 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in cinematography, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Cinematography Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cinematography majors at New York University.

NYU Film & Video Production Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of cinematography bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical cinematography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its cinematography bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	128
International Students	86
Other Races/Ethnicities	47

NYU Film & Video Production Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of cinematography master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in cinematography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

• Photography

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Film and Video Editors	4,590	$92,170
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators	2,270	$86,430

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
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

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