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With over 18 years of successfully providing a window into the world of filmmaking the International Film Institute of New York continues to inspire and support individuals on their journey toward either higher education in film or a foundation to building a career in the industry in a conservatory setting focused on storytelling.
- Degrees Offered
- Summer Programs
- Short Term Courses
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Low-Residency MFA
- Concentrations
- Dramatic Writing
- Playwriting
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Instruction Format
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
In partnership with Killer Films, we offer a dedicatedly indie conservatory style MFA in Film with hands-on training, alongside one of the first stand alone TV Writing MFAs in the country.
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Other (please specify)
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- Under $10k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
The best two years of your life. Students concentrate on writing, directing, and producing in a very tight-knit community of rising creatives. Cohorts are intentionally curated to allow for a more immersive experience with faculty and visiting artists.
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Low-Residency MFA
- MFA/MBA Dual Degree Program
- Concentrations
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Fully online
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
RIFS is the answer for many who seek high level, modern, practical film education in one of the finest international contexts.
- Degrees Offered
- 1 Year Conservatory
- Summer Programs
- Short Term Courses
- Graduate Certificate
- Concentrations
- Acting
- Cinematography
- Visual Effects (VFX)
- Creative Producing
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Sound / Sound Design
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
Wayne State College's digital film production degree program will help you develop skills in all facets of film production.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Creative Producing
- Dramatic Writing
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Sound / Sound Design
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television teaches film from a theoretical and technical perspective. In 2021, TheWrap ranked UCLA TFT no. 8 in its annual list of the top 50 film schools. And in 2022, U.S. News & World Report named UCLA the no. 1 public university for the sixth consecutive year. This historic film program is right outside of West Hollywood and boasts more than 11,000 alumni, including industry greats such as renowned filmmaker and Executive Board member Francis Ford Coppola...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 2 Year MFA
- Ph.D. Program
- Concentrations
- Acting
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Costume Design
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Lighting Design
- Playwriting
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Theatre
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
As one of the best film schools on the East coast, the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at New York University Tisch School of the Arts gives film students the chance to turn iconic landscapes into low-budget film shoots and connect with world-renowned industry players.
In 2022, FilmSchool.org named NYU Tisch the Best East Coast Film School, and in 2023, The Hollywood Reporter ranked NYU Tisch the no. 3 best American film school. Notable faculty include award-winning filmmakers...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BS
- 4 Year BFA
- 3 Year MFA
- MFA/MBA Dual Degree Program
- Certificate Program
- Summer Programs
- Concentrations
- Business / Film Dual Degree
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (LMU SFTV) has solidified itself as one of the nation’s best film schools. In 2025, The Hollywood Reporter ranked LMU SFTV no. 5 in its annual list of the best American film schools for the second year in a row. It has consistently been named one of the top films schools by Variety and MovieMaker Magazine. In 2024, Animation Career Review named SFTV one of the top 50 Animation Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and one of the top 20...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- 1 Year MA
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Business / Film Dual Degree
- Cinematography
- Creative Producing
- Editing
- Feature Film Production
- Film Business
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Sound / Sound Design
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
UCLA's graduate-level, non-credit Professional Program has filmmaking courses taught by UCLA TFT staff. This film certificate program is more competitive than UCLA Extension.
Directing: Learn the art of directing by exploring emerging film industry technologies and current narrative techniques in small seminar-style classes. In 38 sessions across 10 weeks, train under industry professionals and attend lectures led by more than two dozen guest directors offering demonstrations and in-depth...
- Degrees Offered
- Certificate Program
- Summer Programs
- Short Term Courses
- Concentrations
- Acting
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- Under $10k
For more than five decades, the nationally recognized SDSU Television and Film Program has provided superior training in all areas of television and film production for the future professional and independent filmmaker. State-of-the-art equipment, outstanding internship opportunities, an impressive faculty with ties to the industry, dramatic location filming sites, and proximity to the Los Angeles/Hollywood industry epicenter and US/Mexico border make the department a prime choice for the...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BS
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Cinematography
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Set Design
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- Under $10k
For more than 90 years, the University of Southern California has trained the next generation of prolific filmmakers. As the nation's first institution of higher learning to offer a bachelor's degree in film, the School of Cinematic Arts remains at the forefront of emerging filmmaking trends. USC SCA is among Filmschool.org’s top 10 undergraduate film schools and runner-up for Best Directing Program. In 2023, The Hollywood Reporter moved USC SCA up to no. 2 on its annual list of the top 25...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BS
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MA
- 2 Year MS
- 2 Year MFA
- Ph.D. Program
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $70k to $90k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
MA in Film through Negotiated Learning. The student dictates the direction and subject matter they wish to study. Working professionals are provided
- Degrees Offered
- 1 Year MA
- Graduate Certificate
- Concentrations
- Costume Design
- Creative Producing
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
Low-residency Screenwriting MFA/MA with emphasis on small cohorts and high levels of personal mentorship by faculty who work in the industry right now. A transformative, one-week July residency brings the entire GPCW together on Western's Colorado campus.
- Degrees Offered
- 1 Year MA
- 2 Year MFA
- 3 Year MFA
- Low-Residency MFA
- Short Term Courses
- Concentrations
- Film Business
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Instruction Format
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Primarily Online
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
The entertainment industry doesn't care about degrees or school pedigree. They don't care about an amazing thesis film—Ask any directing major post graduation.
Hollywood does care about what you can do. What you've done. Aspiring directors have a single task ahead of them after graduation, and that is to begin making movies.
But it's on their dime.
Along with food, rent and everything else. Those who spend everything on an education end up losing years in their pursuit of the craft.
If...
- Degrees Offered
- Graduate Certificate
- Concentrations
- Cinematography
- Dramatic Writing
- Editing
- Feature Film Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Sound / Sound Design
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
The University of Hartford offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Cinema through its College of Arts and Sciences (Department of Communication).
Read our interview with University of Hartford here:
- Degrees Offered
- 3 Year BA +1 MBA
- 4 Year BA
- Concentrations
- Film Business
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
A low-residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting with the mission of getting more women writing for TV and film.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MFA
- Summer Programs
- Concentrations
- Screenwriting
- Writing for Screen & Television
In your first two years at UNCSA, you will direct and shoot as many as six digital films as you take hands-on courses in every facet of modern film
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Acting
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
The Indiana University Media School is a high-tech, multi-disciplinary powerhouse that fuses Big Ten resources with elite production facilities, offering students a unique "script-to-screen" education that spans from traditional 16mm celluloid filmmaking to cutting-edge virtual production and a premier "Semester in LA" industry pipeline.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
FSU's College of Motion Picture Arts offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Production or Animation and Digital Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Production or Writing. Aspiring filmmakers can also attend their Torchlight Program, a non-degree granting academic program that fosters industry partnerships and local filmmaking opportunities
Read our interview with FSU admissions here:
As well as out interview with an FSU graduate:
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
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