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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 2 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 3 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10700 | 23200 | 0.5396 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | Fitchburg State University | 12100 | 33800 | 0.6416 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 38300 | 0.6495 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 8 | Clayton State University | 13700 | 49000 | 0.721 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 9 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5122 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 9 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 14100 | 28600 | 0.5062 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 11 | Goshen College | 14500 | 56000 | 0.7411 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 12 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15300 | 26000 | 0.4111 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 13 | Northern Michigan University | 15300 | 33100 | 0.5378 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 13 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 16 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15900 | 79400 | 0.7993 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 18 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16100 | 37900 | 0.5745 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 16100 | 63100 | 0.7444 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 20 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6838 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Maharishi International University | 16900 | 32200 | 0.4759 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 22 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 23 | Weber State University | 17200 | 20300 | 0.153 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 24 | Montclair State University | 17300 | 36000 | 0.52 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 26 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 27 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 28 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 29 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 19200 | 48100 | 0.6002 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 32 | Lindenwood University | 19400 | 36000 | 0.4618 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 33 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 34 | Piedmont University | 20000 | 47400 | 0.5784 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 36 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 37 | Southern Oregon University | 20500 | 73600 | 0.7217 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 38 | La Sierra University | 20900 | 51200 | 0.5923 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 38 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 40 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 33600 | 0.3598 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 42 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 21600 | 77500 | 0.721 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 42 | Nelson University | 21600 | 64000 | 0.6625 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 42 | University of Mobile | 21600 | 46000 | 0.5305 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 45 | William Penn University | 21700 | 48000 | 0.5489 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 46 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 34000 | 0.3583 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 47 | Bob Jones University | 21900 | 42700 | 0.4877 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Oklahoma City University | 22600 | 74100 | 0.6952 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 52 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 53 | SUNY at Purchase College | 23200 | 42400 | 0.4525 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 54 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 55 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23500 | 89100 | 0.7361 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 56 | Oral Roberts University | 24300 | 52700 | 0.5384 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 57 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 58 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 59 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 60 | Missouri Western State University | 25400 | 39300 | 0.3542 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 61 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 61 | Walla Walla University | 25500 | 51700 | 0.5077 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 63 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 63 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 65 | George Fox University | 26600 | 92800 | 0.7136 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 66 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39600 | 0.3208 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 67 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 27200 | 69300 | 0.6072 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 68 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27800 | 90300 | 0.692 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 68 | John Brown University | 27800 | 48300 | 0.4255 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 68 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27800 | 97200 | 0.714 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 71 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 72 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 45200 | 0.3663 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 74 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 75 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 75 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 77 | Southern Methodist University | 29400 | 96900 | 0.6963 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 78 | Long Island University | 29500 | 60500 | 0.5127 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 79 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 80 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 81 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 82 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 72600 | 0.5796 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 83 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 84 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30800 | 101400 | 0.6961 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 84 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 86 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 87 | Western Kentucky University | 31000 | 42800 | 0.276 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 88 | Marquette University | 31500 | 75900 | 0.5849 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 89 | DeSales University | 31600 | 100800 | 0.6864 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 90 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 91 | Azusa Pacific University | 32100 | 66600 | 0.5177 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 93 | Rider University | 32700 | 60200 | 0.4568 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 94 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 94 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 96 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 97 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 98 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 99 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 100 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 35400 | 46900 | 0.2464 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 103 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 104 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 105 | Loyola University New Orleans | 37000 | 74600 | 0.5039 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 106 | University of West Georgia | 37200 | 47300 | 0.2134 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 107 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 108 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 109 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37900 | 48300 | 0.2154 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 110 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 111 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 112 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 113 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 114 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40300 | 83400 | 0.5171 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 115 | Pacific Union College | 41700 | 55700 | 0.2511 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 116 | Biola University | 41800 | 71100 | 0.4121 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 117 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 118 | California Institute of the Arts | 43900 | 119100 | 0.6314 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 120 | High Point University | 45100 | 72900 | 0.3812 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 121 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 122 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 123 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 124 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3021 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 125 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 125 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49000 | 74900 | 0.3459 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 125 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 128 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 129 | Chapman University | 49900 | 94000 | 0.4693 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 130 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 131 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 132 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 133 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52200 | 121500 | 0.5702 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 134 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 55600 | 69100 | 0.1955 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 135 | Emerson College | 57900 | 82600 | 0.2989 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 136 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 141 | California College of the Arts | 61200 | 87600 | 0.3013 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 142 | Columbia College Chicago | 63200 | 68500 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 143 | Loyola Marymount University | 63600 | 100200 | 0.3653 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 144 | Pratt Institute-Main | 70200 | 91800 | 0.2352 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.