Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year.

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.

Yale Film, Video & Photographic Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Film
• Master’s Degree in Film

Yale Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings

The film major at Yale 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in film, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Film Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of film bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in film.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Yale Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of film master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

In the film master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Film, Video & Photographic Arts

If you plan to be a film major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	20
Photography	10

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Design & Applied Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Producers and Directors	1,800	$84,900
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,090	$93,250
Photographers	570	$44,140
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators	360	$48,560
Film and Video Editors	310	$73,710

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 Jdbrandt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.