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Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you are interested in studying film, video and photographic arts, you may want to check out the program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 30 of them were film, video and photographic arts majors.

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.

SIUC Film, Video & Photographic Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Film

SIUC Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks film programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC performed in these rankings.

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 SIUC 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
Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 193
204

Earnings of SIUC Film Graduates

The median salary of film students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $20,390. This is less than $23,085, which is the national average of all film majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Film Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the film majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a bachelor's degree in film from SIUC. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in film at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in film.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 20
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

SIUC 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Producers and Directors 2,950 $77,960
Photographers 2,600 $36,290
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators 520 $45,340

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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