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Considering a degree in Cinematography and Film/Video Production?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Cinematography and Film/Video Production majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Cinematography and Film/Video Production degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 2 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 10100 | 28800 | 0.6501 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 3 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4639 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 23600 | 0.4958 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 29900 | 0.5885 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12500 | 28200 | 0.5576 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 9 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 12600 | 24500 | 0.4864 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 10 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7375 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 11 | Florida State University | 15400 | 23100 | 0.3332 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 12 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 13 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4291 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16500 | 25700 | 0.3579 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 18 | Keene State College | 17300 | 31900 | 0.4591 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 18 | Pacific Union College | 17300 | 53000 | 0.6733 | 910 | 1090 | 0.4248 | |
| 20 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 21 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 21 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 23 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 24 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 25 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7313 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 26 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 27 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 28 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 28 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 30 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 31 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | 20000 | 40500 | 0.5068 | 1,413 | 1045 | 0.8423 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 33 | George Mason University | 20200 | 33500 | 0.3971 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 33 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 35 | Augsburg University | 20800 | 56400 | 0.6312 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 36 | Montana State University | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2248 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 36 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 38 | SUNY at Purchase College | 21300 | 28000 | 0.2389 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | Azusa Pacific University | 22600 | 63100 | 0.6416 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 40 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 40 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22600 | 56500 | 0.6004 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 43 | Bob Jones University | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4359 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 55600 | 0.5772 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 46 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 47 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 47 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 49 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 50 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 50 | The University of Tampa | 25000 | 56900 | 0.5602 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 52 | La Sierra University | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5205 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 53 | Clayton State University | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2581 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
| 53 | Missouri Western State University | 25900 | 39300 | 0.3417 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 55 | Fitchburg State University | 26200 | 31300 | 0.163 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 56 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 57 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 58 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 27900 | 38000 | 0.2661 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 61 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 61 | Jacksonville State University | 28300 | 38200 | 0.259 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 61 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4153 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 61 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5087 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 65 | Kansas City Art Institute | 28400 | 61000 | 0.5343 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 66 | Messiah University | 29000 | 54100 | 0.4642 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 67 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2838 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 68 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 69 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 70 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3621 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 71 | Southern Methodist University | 29900 | 81700 | 0.6343 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 73 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 74 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 75 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 76 | St Bonaventure University | 30800 | 61000 | 0.4948 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 77 | University of West Georgia | 30900 | 36000 | 0.1418 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 78 | Biola University | 31000 | 52500 | 0.4099 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 79 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 80 | Woodbury University | 31200 | 66600 | 0.5316 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 82 | Vermont State University | 31500 | 38000 | 0.1712 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 83 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 84 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 51700 | 0.3816 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 85 | Southeastern University | 32500 | 60500 | 0.4625 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 85 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 87 | Southern Oregon University | 32600 | 32600 | 0 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 89 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 89 | Loyola Marymount University | 32900 | 89500 | 0.6326 | 7,273 | 1383 | 0.4508 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | Western Kentucky University | 33900 | 41900 | 0.1911 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 93 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 94 | California State University-Sacramento | 34500 | 44900 | 0.2317 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 94 | College for Creative Studies | 34500 | 79600 | 0.5665 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 96 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 97 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 98 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 35900 | 46900 | 0.2359 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 101 | Long Island University | 36700 | 59600 | 0.3844 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 102 | California Institute of the Arts | 36900 | 77300 | 0.5227 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 103 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37100 | 79300 | 0.5317 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 104 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 105 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38100 | 52100 | 0.2687 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 106 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 107 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4789 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 108 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 108 | University of California-Riverside | 39700 | 66400 | 0.402 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 110 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 112 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40900 | 68600 | 0.4035 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 113 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 114 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 115 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 116 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 117 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 118 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 119 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 120 | University of the Arts | 44700 | 88300 | 0.4935 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 45700 | 75100 | 0.3916 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 122 | High Point University | 46000 | 70500 | 0.3476 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 123 | Montclair State University | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 124 | Wagner College | 47100 | 73400 | 0.3582 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 125 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 47200 | 69000 | 0.316 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 126 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 127 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 129 | Lynn University | 51600 | 64200 | 0.1963 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 131 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 54100 | 66000 | 0.1804 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 132 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 132 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 55800 | 91600 | 0.3907 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 134 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57500 | 83800 | 0.3139 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 135 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 136 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 137 | Chapman University | 61900 | 86200 | 0.281 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 138 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.