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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 3 | New York University | 12100 | 91800 | 0.868 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 3 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 12100 | 25300 | 0.5197 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 29900 | 0.5885 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12600 | 28200 | 0.554 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 7 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 12800 | 24500 | 0.4782 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 8 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 9 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16600 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 11 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28000 | 0.422 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 13 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | University of Southern California | 16700 | 76000 | 0.7802 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 16 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19600 | 0.1347 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 17 | Pacific Union College | 17500 | 52800 | 0.668 | 910 | 1090 | 0.4248 | |
| 18 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 18 | Keene State College | 17900 | 31900 | 0.4396 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 18 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 21 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 22 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 24 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 25 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 26 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 26 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 28 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 29 | University of West Georgia | 19900 | 23600 | 0.1565 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 30 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 31 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 36200 | 0.4395 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 31 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | 20300 | 40500 | 0.4994 | 1,413 | 1045 | 0.8423 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Augsburg University | 21200 | 56400 | 0.6241 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 36 | Missouri Western State University | 21900 | 28800 | 0.2401 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 37 | Vermont State University | 22200 | 26900 | 0.1744 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 38 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 38 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 40 | California Institute of the Arts | 22700 | 77300 | 0.7063 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 41 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5915 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 42 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4374 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 43 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 45 | Oral Roberts University | 24000 | 55600 | 0.5688 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 46 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 46 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24500 | 0.0029 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 48 | Northern Michigan University | 24900 | 32900 | 0.2435 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 49 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Fitchburg State University | 26000 | 31300 | 0.1694 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 51 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 52 | Clayton State University | 26400 | 34900 | 0.2438 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
| 53 | La Sierra University | 26500 | 55100 | 0.5195 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 54 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 55 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 55 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 57 | The University of Tampa | 27200 | 56900 | 0.5216 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 58 | Weber State University | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1682 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27800 | 31400 | 0.1147 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 60 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 61 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 61 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5043 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 63 | Kansas City Art Institute | 28700 | 61000 | 0.5294 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 64 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 64 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 66 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 67 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 29300 | 38000 | 0.2292 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 68 | Messiah University | 29400 | 54100 | 0.4568 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 69 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 70 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 71 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 73 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 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 | Baylor University | 31000 | 70800 | 0.5618 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 77 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 78 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 78 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 78 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 81 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32400 | 36400 | 0.1098 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 82 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 85 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 86 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33900 | 35900 | 0.0556 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 87 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 88 | California State University-Sacramento | 34400 | 44900 | 0.234 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 89 | College for Creative Studies | 34700 | 79600 | 0.564 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 90 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 91 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 92 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2387 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 93 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 94 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 95 | Biola University | 36400 | 52900 | 0.3122 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 96 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 97 | Long Island University | 37300 | 59600 | 0.3744 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 98 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 99 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 100 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38700 | 52100 | 0.2572 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 101 | Hofstra University | 38900 | 74600 | 0.4784 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 101 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 103 | Wayne State University | 39400 | 45500 | 0.134 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 104 | SUNY at Purchase College | 39600 | 41300 | 0.0411 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 105 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 106 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 107 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 108 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 110 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 111 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 112 | Quinnipiac University | 42300 | 79200 | 0.4658 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 113 | Southern Oregon University | 42600 | 42600 | 0 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 115 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87600 | 0.5056 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 116 | University of California-Riverside | 43600 | 66400 | 0.3433 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 117 | University of the Arts | 44900 | 88300 | 0.4913 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | High Point University | 45700 | 69700 | 0.3448 | 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 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 47200 | 69000 | 0.316 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 122 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 123 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 124 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50300 | 52300 | 0.0382 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 125 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 125 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Chapman University | 51300 | 87300 | 0.4125 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 129 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 131 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52400 | 91600 | 0.4278 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 132 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 53700 | 66000 | 0.1864 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 133 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 134 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57300 | 83800 | 0.3163 | 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 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | 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.