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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 Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 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 | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 4 | New York University | 12000 | 91800 | 0.869 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 5 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12600 | 28200 | 0.554 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 6 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 12800 | 24500 | 0.4782 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 7 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 8 | Clayton State University | 15000 | 21700 | 0.3083 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
| 9 | University of California-Riverside | 15500 | 36500 | 0.5749 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 10 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23100 | 0.3246 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 11 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2928 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 12 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 13 | University of Southern California | 16600 | 76000 | 0.7815 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 14 | Weber State University | 16900 | 22100 | 0.2355 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 15 | Pacific Union College | 17500 | 52800 | 0.668 | 910 | 1090 | 0.4248 | |
| 16 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 17 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 18 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18500 | 33600 | 0.4491 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 19 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2339 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 20 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 21 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 21 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 21 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2725 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 24 | Lee University | 19900 | 37100 | 0.4631 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 25 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 36200 | 0.445 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 26 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | 20300 | 40500 | 0.4994 | 1,413 | 1045 | 0.8423 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 28 | Augsburg University | 21200 | 56400 | 0.6241 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 28 | Southern Oregon University | 21200 | 32600 | 0.35 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 28 | SUNY at Purchase College | 21200 | 28000 | 0.2424 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 31 | Cleveland State University | 21400 | 30900 | 0.3071 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 34 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 35 | Vermont State University | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1781 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 36 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 37 | California Institute of the Arts | 22700 | 77300 | 0.7063 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 38 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5915 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 39 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4374 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 40 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 41 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 42 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 43 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 55600 | 0.5706 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 44 | George Mason University | 24100 | 33500 | 0.2815 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 45 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 47 | Northern Michigan University | 24800 | 32900 | 0.2465 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 48 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 48 | Temple University | 24900 | 36300 | 0.3143 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 48 | The University of Tampa | 24900 | 56900 | 0.562 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 51 | Fitchburg State University | 26000 | 31300 | 0.1694 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 52 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 53 | La Sierra University | 26400 | 55100 | 0.5213 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 54 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3268 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 55 | Webster University | 27000 | 54300 | 0.5024 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 56 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 58 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 59 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 59 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5052 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 61 | George Fox University | 28700 | 67100 | 0.5727 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 61 | Kansas City Art Institute | 28700 | 61000 | 0.5294 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 61 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28700 | 78100 | 0.6326 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 64 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29200 | 38000 | 0.2318 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 64 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 66 | Messiah University | 29300 | 54100 | 0.4586 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 67 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 68 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 69 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 69 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 30000 | 35000 | 0.1429 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 72 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 72 | Keene State College | 30200 | 40700 | 0.2593 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 74 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 75 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 31300 | 46700 | 0.3298 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 76 | University of West Georgia | 31300 | 36000 | 0.1306 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 79 | Rider University | 31600 | 64300 | 0.5084 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 80 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 81 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 32100 | 0.0009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 82 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 83 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43100 | 0.24 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 86 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 32900 | 41100 | 0.1995 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 87 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33400 | 46200 | 0.2773 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 88 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 89 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 90 | California State University-Sacramento | 34300 | 44900 | 0.2362 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 91 | College for Creative Studies | 34600 | 79600 | 0.5653 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 93 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 94 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2387 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 96 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 97 | Biola University | 36300 | 52900 | 0.3141 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 97 | Missouri Western State University | 36300 | 39300 | 0.0764 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 97 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 100 | Long Island University | 37200 | 59600 | 0.376 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 101 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 37900 | 39900 | 0.0501 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 101 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 103 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 104 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38700 | 52100 | 0.2572 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 105 | Hofstra University | 38800 | 74600 | 0.4797 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 106 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 107 | Wayne State University | 39300 | 45500 | 0.1362 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 108 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 109 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40600 | 68600 | 0.4079 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 110 | Marquette University | 41300 | 75100 | 0.4502 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 111 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 112 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 113 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 114 | Quinnipiac University | 42200 | 79200 | 0.4671 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 115 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 116 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87600 | 0.5056 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 117 | University of the Arts | 44900 | 88300 | 0.4913 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | High Point University | 45700 | 70500 | 0.3518 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 120 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.36 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 121 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 122 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 122 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 124 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 125 | Chapman University | 51300 | 87300 | 0.4125 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 126 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 128 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52200 | 91600 | 0.43 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 129 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 53700 | 66000 | 0.1864 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 130 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 131 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57300 | 83800 | 0.3163 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 132 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 133 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 134 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 135 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | Loyola Marymount University | 72500 | 94300 | 0.2311 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.