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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$29,252 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #61 most popular major in Illinois with 535 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for film students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

Check out the film bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for film, video and photographic arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year.

UIUC also made our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 2 spot on the list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $27,786 a year. The average amount in student loans that film majors at Columbia take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,211. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $548.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Columbia College Chicago Report

#4

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Bradley undergraduate students pay an average of $36,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Bradley is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Bradley University Report

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DePaul are $42,012 per year. The average amount in student loans that film majors at DePaul take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,408. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $609.

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#6

American Academy of Art

Chicago, IL

American Academy of Art did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for film, video and photographic arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, The Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Academy are $36,482 a year.

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Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 415
Ohio 299
Indiana 78
Wisconsin 166

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

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 6 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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