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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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10500 | 24600 | 0.5737 | 4,239 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 6 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 25200 | 0.5256 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 7 | California State University-Sacramento | 11900 | 30700 | 0.6121 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12700 | 28100 | 0.5481 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 10 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 12 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 13 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 14 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 15 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 17 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7086 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 18 | Maharishi International University | 16700 | 32800 | 0.4909 | 922 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2715 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 20 | Vermont State University | 17000 | 26900 | 0.3674 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4572 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 24 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 26 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 27 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 28 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 30 | The University of Montana | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2577 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 32 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19100 | 38000 | 0.4971 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 33 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 34 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 35 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19600 | 28000 | 0.2995 | 3,257 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 37 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 38 | Lindenwood University | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4417 | 4,663 | 1209 | 0.5684 | |
| 39 | Husson University | 20300 | 42900 | 0.5273 | 2,763 | 1174 | 0.8095 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 43 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 44 | Nelson University | 21900 | 55500 | 0.6054 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma City University | 22300 | 64400 | 0.6539 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 46 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 48 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 49 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4383 | 2,312 | 1149 | 0.8616 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,356 | 1222 | 0.7091 | |
| 52 | Augsburg University | 25100 | 56400 | 0.5554 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 53 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5046 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 55 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 56 | Azusa Pacific University | 25900 | 63000 | 0.589 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 56 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 58 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 59 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 60 | Missouri Western State University | 26500 | 39300 | 0.3266 | 3,491 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Clayton State University | 27100 | 39300 | 0.3106 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 63 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4799 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 64 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 27500 | 69300 | 0.6029 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 65 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 66 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.4196 | 1,948 | 1197 | 0.7614 | |
| 66 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | Webster University | 28400 | 54700 | 0.481 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 69 | Southern Methodist University | 29000 | 90100 | 0.6781 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 70 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2864 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 71 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 29200 | 71800 | 0.5935 | 884 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 71 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 73 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 74 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 75 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 75 | University of West Georgia | 29700 | 46800 | 0.3653 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 78 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 79 | Kansas City Art Institute | 31000 | 78600 | 0.6059 | 813 | 1159 | 0.5476 | |
| 80 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 81 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 82 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 84 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 85 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 86 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 87 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 90 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 90 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 90 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 34200 | 42900 | 0.2029 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 93 | Southern Oregon University | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 94 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 95 | College for Creative Studies | 35400 | 89800 | 0.6061 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 95 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 90800 | 0.6104 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
| 95 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 95 | Woodbury University | 35400 | 66600 | 0.4686 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2403 | 1,092 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 100 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 101 | Cornish College of the Arts | 37500 | 80200 | 0.5325 | 505 | 0 | 0.6221 | |
| 102 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37800 | 69900 | 0.4592 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 103 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 103 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0567 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 105 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38200 | 63000 | 0.3939 | 18,071 | 0 | 0.9697 | |
| 106 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2732 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 107 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 107 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4816 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 109 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 110 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 112 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 39900 | 39900 | 0 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 113 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 114 | Pacific Union College | 41000 | 53000 | 0.2258 | 937 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 115 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 116 | California Institute of the Arts | 42100 | 84600 | 0.5025 | 868 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 116 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87800 | 0.5064 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 120 | La Sierra University | 44900 | 66000 | 0.3187 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 121 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3758 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 122 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 46100 | 66500 | 0.307 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 123 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.361 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 124 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 125 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 48400 | 69000 | 0.2986 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 127 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 128 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 49900 | 92000 | 0.4575 | 1,666 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 129 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 130 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 131 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 132 | California Lutheran University | 53300 | 70000 | 0.2388 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 133 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 134 | Pratt Institute-Main | 54300 | 83800 | 0.3521 | 3,967 | 1272 | 0.7325 | |
| 134 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54300 | 66400 | 0.1823 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 136 | Emerson College | 54600 | 82600 | 0.339 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 139 | Chapman University | 61800 | 91500 | 0.3248 | 7,713 | 1353 | 0.6543 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.