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 | 0.6514 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 3 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 8200 | 20400 | 0.5994 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 87500 | 0.8741 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 25200 | 0.5336 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 6 | Fitchburg State University | 11700 | 33800 | 0.6534 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12100 | 44700 | 0.7301 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 11 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 62800 | 0.7992 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Clayton State University | 13900 | 21700 | 0.3589 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 14 | Goshen College | 14400 | 56000 | 0.7434 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 14 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 16 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 15100 | 63100 | 0.7602 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 18 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15200 | 79400 | 0.8081 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 20 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 21 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 57700 | 0.7303 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 22 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 16000 | 51400 | 0.6883 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 25 | Montclair State University | 16600 | 36000 | 0.5391 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | University of South Alabama | 16600 | 22400 | 0.2594 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 27 | Maharishi International University | 16700 | 45200 | 0.6309 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 29000 | 0.4175 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 29 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 30 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 32 | Lindenwood University | 19000 | 36000 | 0.4729 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 32 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 27400 | 0.3067 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 35 | Southern Oregon University | 19800 | 73600 | 0.7312 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 37 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 39 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 40 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51100 | 0.5929 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 41 | Nelson University | 21200 | 64000 | 0.6687 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 41 | University of Mobile | 21200 | 46000 | 0.5392 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 43 | Grand Canyon University | 21500 | 34200 | 0.3718 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 44 | Missouri Western State University | 21700 | 28800 | 0.2467 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 45 | Bob Jones University | 21900 | 42700 | 0.4855 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74100 | 0.7047 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 47 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 22100 | 77500 | 0.7146 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 50 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 51 | Augsburg University | 23000 | 56200 | 0.5911 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 52 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3822 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 52 | SUNY at Purchase College | 23100 | 42400 | 0.4549 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 54 | Piedmont University | 23500 | 47400 | 0.5045 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 55 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 52700 | 0.5466 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 56 | California State University-Sacramento | 24200 | 29900 | 0.189 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 57 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 58 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 59 | Azusa Pacific University | 24700 | 62800 | 0.6066 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 60 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 61 | Webster University | 25400 | 66600 | 0.6188 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 62 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5059 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 63 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 66 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39600 | 0.3385 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 67 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 68 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38600 | 0.3007 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 27100 | 98300 | 0.7245 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 69 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 71 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27500 | 61600 | 0.5537 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 71 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27500 | 97200 | 0.717 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 73 | John Brown University | 27900 | 48300 | 0.422 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 74 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 75 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 28800 | 69300 | 0.5845 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 76 | New York University | 28900 | 92100 | 0.6862 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 77 | Cornerstone University | 29000 | 40800 | 0.2892 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 78 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 79 | Long Island University | 29300 | 60500 | 0.516 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 79 | William Penn University | 29300 | 48000 | 0.3892 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 81 | Southern Methodist University | 29600 | 97000 | 0.6948 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 82 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5037 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 83 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 84 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30500 | 101400 | 0.699 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 85 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 82500 | 0.6285 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 86 | Southern Adventist University | 30800 | 49000 | 0.3712 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 87 | Marquette University | 31100 | 75900 | 0.5901 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 88 | DeSales University | 31200 | 100800 | 0.6904 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31600 | 51700 | 0.3878 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 90 | Biola University | 31700 | 67400 | 0.5298 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 91 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 92 | Ithaca College | 32500 | 76000 | 0.5727 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 94 | St Bonaventure University | 32600 | 64800 | 0.4967 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 95 | Pacific Union College | 32800 | 54900 | 0.4019 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 96 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5399 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 97 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 98 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 99 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 100 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 101 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 103 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 35500 | 46900 | 0.2428 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 105 | Rider University | 35600 | 60200 | 0.4088 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 106 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 43300 | 0.1639 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 107 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36700 | 74600 | 0.5079 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 108 | University of Rhode Island | 37000 | 58400 | 0.3664 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 109 | Point Park University | 37400 | 54300 | 0.3111 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 110 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 110 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 38500 | 53200 | 0.2754 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 113 | Pacific University | 38700 | 74900 | 0.4831 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 114 | Drexel University | 39100 | 86400 | 0.5475 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 115 | University of Mississippi | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1216 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 116 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 116 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 118 | California Institute of the Arts | 42600 | 119100 | 0.6424 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 119 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1949 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 120 | High Point University | 45400 | 72900 | 0.377 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 121 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 122 | Wagner College | 46800 | 73400 | 0.3626 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 123 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 124 | Columbia College Chicago | 48400 | 67000 | 0.2777 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 125 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3034 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 126 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 127 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49500 | 114300 | 0.567 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 129 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49700 | 75000 | 0.3372 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 130 | Binghamton University | 50400 | 52800 | 0.0453 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 131 | Quinnipiac University | 51300 | 79700 | 0.3565 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 132 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 133 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 134 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 54700 | 69100 | 0.2085 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 135 | Emerson College | 54900 | 82600 | 0.3352 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 136 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 55000 | 67500 | 0.1853 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 137 | George Mason University | 56300 | 61400 | 0.0831 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | California College of the Arts | 61200 | 87800 | 0.3024 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 142 | Chapman University | 62900 | 93000 | 0.3238 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 143 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 64300 | 121500 | 0.4707 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 144 | Pratt Institute-Main | 70500 | 91900 | 0.233 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 | |
| 145 | Loyola Marymount University | 73200 | 99300 | 0.2629 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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