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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$5,498 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,809 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree School for You

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #63 most popular major in the country with 16,778 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for film students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for film majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for film, video and photographic arts students working on their associate degree. MCC is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $4,680 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, MCC also is in the top 20% of our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#2

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Century College is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Century College are $5,907 per year.

Century College also claimed a spot on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Minneapolis Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $5,906 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, film majors at Minneapolis Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $19,556 in student debt.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best film, video and photographic arts colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 157
Minnesota 154
Kansas 72
Iowa 79
Nebraska 37
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 7

One of 10 majors within the area of study, film, video and photographic arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Film

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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