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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 9100 | 23200 | 0.6087 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 54100 | 0.7842 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 11900 | 23400 | 0.4924 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 7 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 8 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 9 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12900 | 28400 | 0.5463 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 10 | Bridgewater State University | 13700 | 28800 | 0.5245 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 11 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 118200 | 0.8786 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 12 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 13 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 35600 | 0.5843 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 16 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 42900 | 0.6427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 19 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Weber State University | 15900 | 20300 | 0.2172 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7088 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 22 | Maharishi International University | 16700 | 32800 | 0.4909 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2716 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 24 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 24 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 26 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 35800 | 0.5174 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 27 | Keene State College | 17400 | 31100 | 0.4397 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 81200 | 0.7783 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 32 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 18900 | 53200 | 0.6452 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 32 | The University of Montana | 18900 | 75200 | 0.7483 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 34 | Lindenwood University | 19000 | 36000 | 0.4729 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2825 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 37 | Piedmont University | 19400 | 47400 | 0.5911 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 38 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19600 | 28000 | 0.2995 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 40 | Southern Oregon University | 19800 | 73600 | 0.7312 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 40 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 42 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5649 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 43 | University of Mobile | 21200 | 67100 | 0.6837 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 44 | New Mexico Highlands University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.2167 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 45 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 46 | Nelson University | 21900 | 55500 | 0.6054 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 46 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74300 | 0.7053 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 50 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 51 | Augsburg University | 23000 | 56200 | 0.5911 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 52 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 53 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 53 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 55 | Oral Roberts University | 23800 | 78200 | 0.6952 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 56 | Montana State University | 24400 | 73500 | 0.6682 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 56 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 58 | Azusa Pacific University | 24600 | 81100 | 0.6959 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 59 | Messiah University | 24900 | 89600 | 0.7222 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 60 | Webster University | 25500 | 54700 | 0.5341 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 61 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 62 | Missouri Western State University | 25700 | 39300 | 0.3472 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 63 | George Fox University | 25800 | 95400 | 0.7298 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 65 | Clayton State University | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3338 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 65 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39300 | 0.3355 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 67 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 68 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 68 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 70 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 71 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27500 | 90300 | 0.6956 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 71 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69000 | 0.6013 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 71 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27500 | 78900 | 0.6511 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 71 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 27500 | 85500 | 0.6786 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 75 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 76 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5608 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 77 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 78 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 79 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 80 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 80 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 88100 | 0.6632 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 80 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 83 | Ithaca College | 29900 | 72600 | 0.5879 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 83 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 85 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39400 | 0.2387 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 86 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 87 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 101600 | 0.6985 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 88 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 30900 | 75900 | 0.5933 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 89 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 90 | DeSales University | 31200 | 100800 | 0.6904 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3857 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 92 | Biola University | 31800 | 71200 | 0.5536 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 93 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 94 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 95 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 96 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 97 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 98 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 99 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 100 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 101 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1561 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 102 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 103 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 118300 | 0.7009 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2405 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 105 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 106 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 107 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3841 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 108 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 109 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60400 | 0.3579 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 109 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at Cortland | 39300 | 40600 | 0.0321 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 113 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 60300 | 0.3399 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 114 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 115 | Pace University | 40400 | 75500 | 0.4649 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 116 | Pacific Union College | 40800 | 53000 | 0.2296 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 117 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 47000 | 0.1214 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 118 | Marquette University | 41900 | 75900 | 0.4481 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 119 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | California Institute of the Arts | 42600 | 84600 | 0.4966 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 121 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3757 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 121 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 123 | La Sierra University | 46800 | 84200 | 0.4443 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 124 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 125 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 126 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2827 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 127 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 128 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49300 | 71300 | 0.3086 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 129 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49500 | 114300 | 0.567 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 130 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 50000 | 94000 | 0.468 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 131 | Quinnipiac University | 50400 | 118300 | 0.5738 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 132 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 133 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 134 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 52700 | 67000 | 0.2136 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 135 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 109800 | 0.513 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 136 | Emerson College | 58300 | 105500 | 0.4476 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 137 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63500 | 0.0787 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 140 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60600 | 64800 | 0.0648 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 61200 | 113200 | 0.4597 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Columbia College Chicago | 62700 | 68500 | 0.0846 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 144 | Chapman University | 63100 | 115100 | 0.4517 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 145 | Pratt Institute-Main | 68800 | 89500 | 0.2312 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.