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Considering a degree in Cinematography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Cinematography majors who live in Maryland.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Cinematography degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Maryland.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 3 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10300 | 20700 | 0.5014 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 12400 | 25300 | 0.5093 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 5 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12700 | 32200 | 0.6052 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13100 | 23200 | 0.4353 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 54500 | 0.7596 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 28000 | 0.5104 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14900 | 37900 | 0.6064 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 11 | Wayne State University | 15100 | 32900 | 0.5408 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 12 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3227 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 13 | Oakland University | 15700 | 28200 | 0.4436 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 14 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 15 | Keene State College | 15900 | 51200 | 0.6901 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 15 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 17 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 18 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7078 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 19 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3933 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 21 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16700 | 33600 | 0.5026 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 23 | Husson University | 16900 | 48100 | 0.648 | 2,762 | 1060 | 0.8095 | |
| 24 | University of Rhode Island | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 25 | Clayton State University | 17200 | 43400 | 0.6037 | 5,301 | 975 | 0.7056 | |
| 25 | Weber State University | 17200 | 41300 | 0.583 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3531 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 28 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 31 | Lee University | 18100 | 37400 | 0.5164 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 32 | Pacific Union College | 18200 | 52800 | 0.6548 | 910 | 1070 | 0.4248 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 18500 | 33100 | 0.4411 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 18700 | 67900 | 0.7241 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 35 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 35 | University of West Georgia | 18800 | 48000 | 0.6087 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 37 | Lindenwood University | 19100 | 35800 | 0.4668 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 38 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 38 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2339 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 40 | Nelson University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.635 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 40 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 40 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75800 | 0.7404 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20500 | 42500 | 0.5182 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20800 | 72100 | 0.7113 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | SUNY at Purchase College | 21200 | 28000 | 0.2424 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 47 | Augsburg University | 21500 | 56400 | 0.6193 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 47 | Southern Oregon University | 21500 | 62000 | 0.6534 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21900 | 59900 | 0.6343 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Missouri Western State University | 21900 | 28800 | 0.2377 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 51 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 38500 | 0.4131 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 52 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 61200 | 0.629 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 53 | Montana State University | 23000 | 31500 | 0.2699 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 54 | Bob Jones University | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4366 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 55 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 55 | Oral Roberts University | 23600 | 77400 | 0.6952 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 55 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 55 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 59 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 60 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 24200 | 69500 | 0.6521 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 61 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 62 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5031 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 63 | Lipscomb University | 26000 | 57800 | 0.5507 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 64 | Calvin University | 26100 | 53000 | 0.5072 | 3,356 | 1256 | 0.7091 | |
| 64 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26100 | 79400 | 0.6715 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 66 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma City University | 26300 | 62200 | 0.577 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 69 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 70 | Marquette University | 27400 | 66200 | 0.5858 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 71 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 71 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27500 | 76000 | 0.6384 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 71 | Long Island University | 27500 | 59800 | 0.5406 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 74 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 76 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 77 | John Brown University | 28200 | 48300 | 0.4166 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 77 | Messiah University | 28200 | 54200 | 0.4799 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 79 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 80 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 81 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 82 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 29700 | 60500 | 0.5088 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 84 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 83200 | 0.6422 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 85 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 86 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 87 | Azusa Pacific University | 30900 | 66600 | 0.5357 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 88 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 89 | Rider University | 31700 | 60600 | 0.477 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 90 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 31800 | 86800 | 0.634 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31900 | 51700 | 0.3827 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 91 | Vermont State University | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1756 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 93 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 95 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 96 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 97 | College for Creative Studies | 32800 | 89100 | 0.6322 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 98 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33400 | 84100 | 0.6027 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 99 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 100 | Hofstra University | 34500 | 77000 | 0.5518 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 100 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 102 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 35800 | 46900 | 0.2372 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5332 | |
| 103 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 105 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 106 | Crown College | 36500 | 53200 | 0.3128 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 107 | California Institute of the Arts | 37100 | 84600 | 0.5616 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 108 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 109 | Cornish College of the Arts | 37500 | 80700 | 0.5352 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 109 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 111 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4797 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 112 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39700 | 60500 | 0.3441 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 114 | Quinnipiac University | 41100 | 79200 | 0.481 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 115 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41300 | 47200 | 0.1249 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 116 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 41900 | 42900 | 0.0233 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 117 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42300 | 69900 | 0.3948 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 44600 | 66500 | 0.3295 | 714 | 1140 | 0.4836 | |
| 121 | Biola University | 45200 | 71200 | 0.3653 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 122 | High Point University | 45800 | 72900 | 0.3717 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 123 | Wagner College | 47000 | 73400 | 0.359 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 124 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 48400 | 69000 | 0.2986 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 125 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 127 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 128 | Chapman University | 51400 | 94000 | 0.4534 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 128 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 51400 | 91600 | 0.439 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 130 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 131 | Columbia College Chicago | 52400 | 68600 | 0.2363 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 132 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | Emerson College | 54600 | 82600 | 0.339 | 4,171 | 1359 | 0.4749 | |
| 135 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57100 | 66500 | 0.1414 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 136 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57500 | 83800 | 0.3139 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 137 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | Loyola Marymount University | 74800 | 95600 | 0.2176 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.