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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$23,792 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,733 Avg Salary

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

With 184 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, film, video and photographic arts is the #81 most popular major in Colorado.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Colorado to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

$3,947 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Aurora the best value school in Colorado for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the large city of Aurora, CCA is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCA are $3,947 a year.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Community College of Aurora

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $12,610 per year. The average amount in student loans that film majors at CU - Boulder take out is $21,140.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #5 for overall quality for film in Colorado.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Colorado Boulder Report

#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO
$54,819 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DU are $54,819 per year.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Denver

Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 231
Idaho 20
Montana 104
Wyoming 10

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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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