Considering a degree in Cinematography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Cinematography majors who live in California.
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 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 | 0.6507 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 7600 | 102300 | 0.9256 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 51400 | 0.8015 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10700 | 23200 | 0.5396 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 25200 | 0.5336 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 6 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 9 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 10 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 13100 | 28600 | 0.5411 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 11 | Clayton State University | 13300 | 49000 | 0.7291 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 11 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 66000 | 0.7989 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | Bridgewater State University | 13700 | 28800 | 0.5245 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 14 | Goshen College | 14400 | 56000 | 0.7432 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 14 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 16 | Northern Michigan University | 14800 | 33100 | 0.5529 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 15000 | 63100 | 0.7618 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 19 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15200 | 79400 | 0.8081 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 19 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 19 | University of West Georgia | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3825 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 22 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 23 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 24 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16000 | 37900 | 0.5772 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 25 | Keene State College | 16100 | 51400 | 0.6865 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Maharishi International University | 16600 | 33300 | 0.5013 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 26 | University of South Alabama | 16600 | 22400 | 0.2594 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 28 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 29000 | 0.4175 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 29 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 27800 | 0.3794 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 31 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 32 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 33 | Husson University | 18800 | 48100 | 0.6085 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 33 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 18800 | 41200 | 0.5433 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 35 | Lindenwood University | 19000 | 36000 | 0.4729 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 36 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 37 | Piedmont University | 19400 | 47400 | 0.5911 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 47400 | 0.5887 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19600 | 28000 | 0.2995 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 41 | Southern Oregon University | 19800 | 73600 | 0.7312 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 42 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20000 | 35200 | 0.4314 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 43 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 45 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51100 | 0.5929 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21000 | 33600 | 0.3747 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 47 | Millikin University | 21100 | 45000 | 0.5309 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 48 | Nelson University | 21200 | 64000 | 0.6687 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 48 | University of Mobile | 21200 | 46000 | 0.5392 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 50 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 21400 | 77500 | 0.7236 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 50 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 52 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74100 | 0.7047 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 54 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 55 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 22600 | 89100 | 0.7462 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 56 | Augsburg University | 23000 | 56200 | 0.5911 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 57 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 57 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 59 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 52700 | 0.5464 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 60 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 61 | Azusa Pacific University | 24700 | 62800 | 0.6066 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 62 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 63 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 64 | Webster University | 25500 | 66600 | 0.6173 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 65 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 66 | Missouri Western State University | 25700 | 39300 | 0.3471 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 67 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 68 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 69 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39600 | 0.341 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 70 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31500 | 0.1367 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 71 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 27400 | 69300 | 0.6046 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 72 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27500 | 90300 | 0.6953 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 72 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27500 | 97200 | 0.717 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 74 | Marquette University | 27600 | 63800 | 0.5675 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 75 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 76 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4197 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 77 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 78 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2865 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 79 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 80 | Long Island University | 29300 | 60500 | 0.516 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 81 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.3869 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 82 | Southern Methodist University | 29600 | 96900 | 0.6943 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 83 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 84 | Ithaca College | 29800 | 72600 | 0.5892 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 85 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30000 | 78300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 86 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 87 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30500 | 101400 | 0.699 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 87 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 87 | Western Kentucky University | 30500 | 42800 | 0.2877 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 90 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 82500 | 0.6285 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 91 | Southeastern University | 30900 | 79400 | 0.611 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 92 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4739 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 93 | DeSales University | 31200 | 100800 | 0.6904 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 94 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 95 | Biola University | 31700 | 67400 | 0.5298 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 95 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 51700 | 0.3856 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 97 | Rider University | 32000 | 60200 | 0.4685 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 98 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 99 | Pacific Union College | 32600 | 54900 | 0.4055 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 100 | Belmont University | 32900 | 71400 | 0.5385 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 101 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2988 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 102 | Baylor University | 33600 | 70400 | 0.523 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 103 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 104 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 105 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 106 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 107 | Loyola Marymount University | 35400 | 99300 | 0.6436 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 108 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2404 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 110 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 111 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36600 | 74600 | 0.5092 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 112 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 113 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0568 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 114 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2733 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 115 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 116 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 117 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1194 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 118 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 118 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | California Institute of the Arts | 42600 | 119100 | 0.6424 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 121 | Montclair State University | 44300 | 47000 | 0.0575 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 122 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 123 | High Point University | 45500 | 72900 | 0.3757 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 123 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 125 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.2338 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 127 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3033 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 128 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 129 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49400 | 74900 | 0.3406 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 130 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49500 | 114300 | 0.567 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 130 | Quinnipiac University | 49500 | 79700 | 0.3791 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 132 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 133 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 134 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 135 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52600 | 121500 | 0.5669 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 137 | Emerson College | 58200 | 82600 | 0.2953 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1797 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 140 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0363 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 61200 | 87800 | 0.3024 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Columbia College Chicago | 62700 | 68500 | 0.0846 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 144 | Chapman University | 63200 | 93000 | 0.3205 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 145 | Pratt Institute-Main | 70500 | 91800 | 0.232 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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