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 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6559 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 6 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10200 | 20700 | 0.5063 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 7 | California State University-Sacramento | 11900 | 30700 | 0.6121 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 12200 | 24800 | 0.5071 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 10 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12600 | 32200 | 0.6083 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4396 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14800 | 25200 | 0.4103 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 16 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 17 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 18 | Keene State College | 15700 | 51200 | 0.6932 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 18 | University of South Alabama | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 20 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 22 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 23 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 25 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7081 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 26 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2931 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 27 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 28 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16600 | 33600 | 0.5055 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 29 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 30 | Cleveland State University | 16800 | 30900 | 0.4558 | 9,418 | 1065 | 0.913 | |
| 31 | Clayton State University | 17100 | 43400 | 0.606 | 5,301 | 975 | 0.7056 | |
| 31 | Weber State University | 17100 | 41300 | 0.5854 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 33 | Husson University | 17400 | 48100 | 0.6376 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3539 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 36 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | Lee University | 17900 | 37400 | 0.5217 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3463 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 39 | Pacific Union College | 18200 | 53000 | 0.6563 | 910 | 1070 | 0.4248 | |
| 40 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 42 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 18600 | 67900 | 0.7256 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 43 | University of West Georgia | 18700 | 48000 | 0.6107 | 9,157 | 1035 | 0.5161 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 45 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | Lindenwood University | 19100 | 35800 | 0.4668 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 47 | Nelson University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6369 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20400 | 42500 | 0.5206 | 13,921 | 1115 | 0.7468 | |
| 49 | Southern Oregon University | 20800 | 62000 | 0.6647 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 50 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20900 | 72100 | 0.7099 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | Augsburg University | 21400 | 56400 | 0.621 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 52 | Azusa Pacific University | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6589 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 53 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 38500 | 0.4131 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 54 | St Bonaventure University | 22800 | 61200 | 0.6274 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31400 | 0.2706 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 35000 | 0.3315 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | Bob Jones University | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4355 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 58 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 77400 | 0.6967 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 59 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 60 | New York University | 23800 | 91800 | 0.7405 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 61 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 62 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 63 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 64 | La Sierra University | 25000 | 70200 | 0.6438 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 65 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 25200 | 69500 | 0.6377 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | SUNY at Purchase College | 25500 | 37500 | 0.3201 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 69 | Walla Walla University | 25800 | 51700 | 0.5021 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 25900 | 79400 | 0.674 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 70 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5518 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 70 | Missouri Western State University | 25900 | 39300 | 0.3411 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 73 | Calvin University | 26100 | 53000 | 0.5072 | 3,356 | 1256 | 0.7091 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0725 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 74 | Oklahoma City University | 26200 | 62200 | 0.5786 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 77 | Long Island University | 27300 | 59800 | 0.5439 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 78 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 78 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27400 | 76000 | 0.6397 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 80 | Woodbury University | 27500 | 66600 | 0.5871 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 81 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 82 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27700 | 45800 | 0.3955 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 83 | Messiah University | 28100 | 54200 | 0.4817 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 84 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 85 | John Brown University | 28300 | 48300 | 0.4148 | 1,882 | 1220 | 0.6764 | |
| 86 | Biola University | 28800 | 71200 | 0.5958 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 87 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2832 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 88 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 89 | William Penn University | 29700 | 48000 | 0.3821 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 90 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3615 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 90 | Southern Methodist University | 29900 | 83200 | 0.641 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 92 | Southeastern University | 30200 | 60500 | 0.5005 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 93 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5527 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 94 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6043 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 95 | Loyola Marymount University | 31100 | 90800 | 0.6578 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 | |
| 96 | Taylor University | 31200 | 59100 | 0.4716 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 97 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 98 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 31700 | 86800 | 0.6351 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 98 | Vermont State University | 31700 | 38700 | 0.1808 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 100 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 100 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 32000 | 51700 | 0.3811 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5543 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | College for Creative Studies | 32700 | 89100 | 0.6333 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 103 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 105 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33300 | 84100 | 0.6039 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 106 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 107 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 108 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70300 | 0.5049 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 109 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 110 | Anderson University | 35900 | 46900 | 0.2354 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5332 | |
| 111 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 36600 | 53200 | 0.3112 | 1,379 | 1110 | 0.6281 | |
| 113 | California Institute of the Arts | 37100 | 84600 | 0.5616 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 114 | Cornish College of the Arts | 37500 | 80200 | 0.5323 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 115 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 116 | Pacific University | 39100 | 74900 | 0.4785 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 117 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 118 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 118 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42400 | 69900 | 0.3934 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 121 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 122 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 44700 | 66500 | 0.328 | 714 | 1140 | 0.4836 | |
| 123 | High Point University | 45900 | 72900 | 0.3703 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 124 | Wagner College | 47100 | 73400 | 0.3579 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 125 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 48400 | 69000 | 0.2986 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 126 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 49000 | 83800 | 0.4152 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Binghamton University | 50800 | 52800 | 0.0388 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 129 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 51300 | 91600 | 0.4401 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 130 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 131 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 132 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61000 | 0.1164 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 133 | California Lutheran University | 54300 | 70000 | 0.2245 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 134 | Pratt Institute-Main | 54500 | 83800 | 0.3497 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 135 | Emerson College | 54600 | 82600 | 0.339 | 4,171 | 1359 | 0.4749 | |
| 136 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57300 | 66500 | 0.1384 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 137 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60900 | 63000 | 0.0326 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | Chapman University | 62100 | 87200 | 0.2881 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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