Film Schools rarely if ever share or gather alumni employment statistics. (Although some do - thank you!) I thought it to would be helpful to current applicants if we could start building a database of Alumni Employment Outcomes similar to our very helpful Application Database that our members contribute to. If film schools won't track employment outcomes, alumni success, and ROI, then we will! 
To that end, I created a pretty extensive Google Form to get the process rolling. If you're an alumni of a film program (certificate, associate, bachelors, or graduate) please fill out this form. Your responses can be completely anonymous if you so choose.
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The form will take about 10 minutes to fill out and we'll share its findings anonymously once enough responses come in. If you attended film school be sure to share the form with your fellow classmates as well.
Your answers can be edited after submitting so you will be able to update it as your career progresses.
By shedding light on which programs actually help students break into the industry, we can hold institutions more accountable on the education and resources they provide.
Some examples of the data that we are tracking with the form:
To that end, I created a pretty extensive Google Form to get the process rolling. If you're an alumni of a film program (certificate, associate, bachelors, or graduate) please fill out this form. Your responses can be completely anonymous if you so choose.
Film School Alumni Employment Outcomes Survey
FilmSchool.org is doing a survey that measures film student's success after film school and if they feel that their film school prepared them to "break into" the film business and find work. If you are a film school graduate, please take this survey to help current film school applicants find...
docs.google.com
The form will take about 10 minutes to fill out and we'll share its findings anonymously once enough responses come in. If you attended film school be sure to share the form with your fellow classmates as well.
Your answers can be edited after submitting so you will be able to update it as your career progresses.
By shedding light on which programs actually help students break into the industry, we can hold institutions more accountable on the education and resources they provide.
Some examples of the data that we are tracking with the form:
- If alumni feel they need more film education after their film program and why (ie going to film undergrad and also getting a graduate degree in film)
- How long it takes alumni to get any PAID film job
- How long it takes alumni to get a PAID film job directly related to their field of study
- The pay of these jobs
- Resources film schools actually give to help alumni get these first opportunities
- The actual factors that led alumni to getting their first paid film job
- Successes that alumni have had
- An alumni's current job (whether in the industry or not)
- How much debt alumni have and if they feel like it was worth it
- Advice they'd give new film students and applicants
- And much much more...
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