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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 | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 2 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10900 | 24600 | 0.5575 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 3 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 5 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5127 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 7 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 13700 | 28100 | 0.5125 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 9 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0697 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 10 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 13 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 15 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 16 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7052 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 18 | Maharishi International University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4848 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 17000 | 24900 | 0.3146 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 20 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 21 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 22 | Keene State College | 17500 | 41400 | 0.5763 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 24 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 26 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 27 | Grand Canyon University | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4392 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 28 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 25200 | 0.2458 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 29 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 30 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19600 | 38000 | 0.484 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 31 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 32 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 33 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 33 | Lindenwood University | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4417 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 36 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 38 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 40 | Husson University | 20700 | 58700 | 0.6476 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 41 | Piedmont University | 20800 | 47200 | 0.5593 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 42 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 42 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 44 | New Mexico Highlands University | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2057 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 45 | Nelson University | 22300 | 55500 | 0.5982 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 46 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 47 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma City University | 22800 | 64400 | 0.6461 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 49 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Oral Roberts University | 24300 | 52700 | 0.5389 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 53 | Augsburg University | 25200 | 56400 | 0.5536 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 53 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 55 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 56 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 57 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 58 | St Bonaventure University | 26300 | 61200 | 0.5702 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 58 | University of Mobile | 26300 | 48300 | 0.4551 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 60 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 61 | Clayton State University | 27600 | 39300 | 0.2978 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 62 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 65 | Bridgewater State University | 28100 | 35500 | 0.2088 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 66 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28300 | 69300 | 0.5914 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 68 | Webster University | 28500 | 54700 | 0.4792 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 69 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 70 | Marquette University | 29200 | 63800 | 0.5424 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 71 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 72 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 29400 | 71800 | 0.5907 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 72 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 75 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 75 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 90100 | 0.6703 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 77 | Kansas City Art Institute | 29800 | 78600 | 0.6212 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 78 | Baylor University | 29900 | 70300 | 0.5745 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 78 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4838 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 80 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 81 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 81 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 83 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 84 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 85 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 86 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 32100 | 41200 | 0.2207 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 87 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 88 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | SUNY at Purchase College | 33400 | 38300 | 0.1278 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 91 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 92 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 93 | DeSales University | 34300 | 68500 | 0.4992 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 94 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 96 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 96 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 98 | College for Creative Studies | 35400 | 89800 | 0.6061 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 99 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 100 | Drexel University | 35600 | 83900 | 0.5758 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2405 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 103 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 47500 | 0.2423 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 104 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 105 | Missouri Western State University | 36200 | 39300 | 0.0786 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 106 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 107 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37600 | 69900 | 0.4621 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 108 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38400 | 63000 | 0.3907 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 108 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 110 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 111 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 112 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60000 | 0.3518 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 113 | Southern Oregon University | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 113 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 115 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 115 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40500 | 81500 | 0.5029 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 117 | Pacific Union College | 41000 | 52800 | 0.2233 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 118 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 120 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 121 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 43300 | 75900 | 0.4298 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 122 | California Institute of the Arts | 43500 | 84900 | 0.4878 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 123 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 124 | High Point University | 45400 | 70100 | 0.3515 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 125 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 46000 | 66500 | 0.3085 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 126 | Biola University | 46600 | 71200 | 0.3456 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 127 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 129 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 130 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 131 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 50800 | 92000 | 0.4477 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 132 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 133 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52400 | 52800 | 0.0076 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 134 | Chapman University | 52500 | 93100 | 0.4361 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 135 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 136 | Moore College of Art and Design | 53600 | 81500 | 0.3425 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 137 | Emerson College | 54500 | 82600 | 0.3402 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 138 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 139 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57600 | 83800 | 0.3127 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 | |
| 140 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 143 | Columbia College Chicago | 63300 | 68600 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 144 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 145 | Loyola Marymount University | 77700 | 95500 | 0.1863 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.