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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | CUNY City College | 7600 | 31200 | 0.7565 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 10000 | 28800 | 0.6536 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 4 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 5 | New York University | 12100 | 91800 | 0.868 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 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 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14600 | 24900 | 0.413 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 9 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 10 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 13 | University of Southern California | 16700 | 76000 | 0.7802 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 14 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 15 | Pacific Union College | 17500 | 52800 | 0.668 | 910 | 1090 | 0.4248 | |
| 16 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 33600 | 0.4758 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 17 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 17 | Keene State College | 17900 | 31900 | 0.4396 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 17 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 20 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 21 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 22 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 23 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 23 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19500 | 71100 | 0.726 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 23 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2717 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 26 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3875 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 28 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19900 | 24500 | 0.1874 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 28 | 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 | |
| 30 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 32 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | 20300 | 40500 | 0.4994 | 1,413 | 1045 | 0.8423 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | Augsburg University | 21200 | 56400 | 0.6241 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Purchase College | 21300 | 28000 | 0.2389 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 37 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 37 | Southern Oregon University | 21400 | 32600 | 0.3439 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 40 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 30300 | 0.2538 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 41 | California Institute of the Arts | 22700 | 77300 | 0.7063 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 40800 | 0.437 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 43 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5915 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 44 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4374 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 45 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 46 | Oral Roberts University | 24000 | 55600 | 0.5688 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 47 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 48 | Northern Michigan University | 24900 | 32900 | 0.2435 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 48 | The University of Tampa | 24900 | 56900 | 0.562 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 50 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 51 | Fitchburg State University | 26000 | 31300 | 0.1694 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 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 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3243 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 54 | Point Park University | 26900 | 56200 | 0.5215 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 56 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27100 | 55200 | 0.5088 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 56 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27800 | 31400 | 0.1147 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 59 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 60 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 61 | Lipscomb University | 28600 | 57600 | 0.5039 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 62 | Kansas City Art Institute | 28700 | 61000 | 0.5294 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 63 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 63 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28900 | 42000 | 0.3112 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 66 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 67 | Messiah University | 29300 | 50400 | 0.4176 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 68 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 69 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 70 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 70 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 72 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 73 | St Bonaventure University | 30600 | 61000 | 0.4981 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 74 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66000 | 0.532 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 75 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 77 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 77 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 77 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 80 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 80 | Vermont State University | 32200 | 38000 | 0.1528 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 82 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32600 | 39900 | 0.1829 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 83 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 86 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 87 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33900 | 35900 | 0.0556 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 88 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 34200 | 56100 | 0.3902 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 90 | California State University-Sacramento | 34400 | 44900 | 0.234 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70800 | 0.511 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 92 | College for Creative Studies | 34700 | 79600 | 0.564 | 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 | 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 | |
| 99 | Biola University | 36400 | 52900 | 0.3122 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 100 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 101 | Long Island University | 37300 | 59600 | 0.3744 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 102 | 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 | 38900 | 74600 | 0.4784 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 105 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 107 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 108 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 109 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 110 | Drexel University | 40800 | 82600 | 0.5059 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 111 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 112 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 113 | Quinnipiac University | 42300 | 79200 | 0.4658 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 114 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87600 | 0.5056 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 115 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 116 | University of California-Riverside | 43700 | 66400 | 0.3418 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 117 | University of the Arts | 45000 | 86400 | 0.4793 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | High Point University | 45600 | 70500 | 0.3533 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 119 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 120 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 121 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.36 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 122 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 47300 | 69000 | 0.3146 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 123 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 124 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 125 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 125 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 127 | Chapman University | 51300 | 87300 | 0.4125 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 128 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 129 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 130 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52400 | 91600 | 0.4278 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 131 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 53700 | 66000 | 0.1864 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 132 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 133 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57300 | 83800 | 0.3163 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 134 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 135 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 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.