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The Digital Media Production major at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) provides hands-on training from award-winning faculty in two professional HD television studios (news studio with 4 cameras + green/blue screens + control room; sound stage with infinity wall) for careers in television news/magazine shows, fiction, documentary, and web/interactive formats, where students develop scripts, operate field/studio cameras, design lighting, record audio, and produce compelling videos with...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Theatre
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
Maharishi International University’s Department of Cinematic Arts and New Media in Fairfield, IA, integrates consciousness-based education and daily Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice with a flexible 4-year BA/BFA (online or on-campus) in Cinematic Arts & New Media and a 2-year low-residency MFA in Documentary Filmmaking & Social Transformation (plus David Lynch MFA in Screenwriting), emphasizing project-based storytelling, portfolio-building, ethical nonfiction, and social-change...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MFA
- Low-Residency MFA
- Concentrations
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Fully online
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to $30k
University of Iowa’s Department of Cinematic Arts offers a flexible 4-year BA in Cinema with early hands-on production training and a highly selective, typically fully funded 3-year MFA in Film and Video Production that admits only 2–4 students per year in a supportive, small-class environment in the arts-friendly college town of Iowa City.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 3 Year MFA
- Ph.D. Program
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
Huntington University’s Film Production major is a highly awarded Christian liberal arts program ranked #1 Christian DMA program in the nation by the BEA Festival of Media Arts, offering hands-on training in directing, cinematography, screenwriting, producing, and editing with access to the Martin Center’s green screen studios, Foley workspaces, and RED cinema camera.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
Taylor’s award-winning Film and Media Arts program will challenge and inspire you as you deepen skills in film, television, video, and audio production.
Taylor students create visual stories that are truthful, beautiful, and good, rooted in a Christian understanding of the world. God’s first act in the Bible is to create, and we’re made in his image, designed to create, and appreciate beauty as God does.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
Purdue University’s Film & Video, BA is a professionally-oriented program in the Rueff School of Design, Art and Performance that combines hands-on film and video production with theory, aesthetics, history, culture, and criticism, offering seven optional concentrations including Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Screenwriting, and Live Production.
- Degrees Offered
- 3 Year BA
- 4 Year BA
- Concentrations
- Cinematography
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
Ball State Media is a regional leader in virtual production and sports broadcasting, distinguished by its "Immersive Learning" model that pairs students with professional clients and its state-of-the-art XR LED Volume stage.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BA + 1 Year MA Dual
- 4 Year BS
- 2 Year MA
- Concentrations
- Broadcast Journalism
- Communication
- Film & Television Production
- Virtual Production
- Instruction Format
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- Under $10k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Under $10k
La Femis concentrates on pairing artistic expression with research, professional development, and training.
- Degrees Offered
- Ph.D. Program
- Short Term Courses
- Graduate Certificate
- Concentrations
- Editing
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Sound / Sound Design
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
HFF Munich offers state-of-the-art facilities and a broad spectrum of courses.
- Degrees Offered
- Graduate Certificate
- Concentrations
- Cinematography
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
The MFA in Writing is a three-year, full-time residency program, unique in its interdisciplinary focus.
- Degrees Offered
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Screenwriting
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Media & Cinema Studies, home to the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, offers a rigorous BS in Media & Cinema Studies with four tracks (including Critical Media Production), blending deep film theory, history, criticism, and hands-on production in a top public research university setting.
Majors are given preparation for future academic and professional pursuits through a required Capstone Project, offered as a 400-level course in...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BS
- Certificate Program
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
For more than a century, and across widely different cultures, film has been the primary medium for storytelling, for depicting and exploring the world, and for engaging and shaping the human senses and emotions, memory and imagination. We live in a time in which cinema, the theatrical exhibition of films to a paying public, is no longer the primary venue in which films are consumed. But even as it is being transformed by television, video, and digital media, cinema seems to survive, and...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- Ph.D. Program
- Concentrations
- Experimental Film
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $70k to $90k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
Our bachelor of arts in cinema program focuses on the history, theory, and practice of the still and moving image. We emphasize experimentation and exploration. Because of our small class size, you’ll work directly with faculty and easily find a peer group. You’ll also have opportunities to collaborate with other programs on campus, making you a more well-rounded media maker.
The major in cinema is focused on the history, theory, and practice of the still and moving image within the broader...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Communication
- Digital Arts
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
SAIC’s Department of Film, Video, New Media, & Animation (FVNMA) is a top experimental art-school program in Chicago offering BFA and MFA degrees focused on interdisciplinary, boundary-pushing work in narrative/nonfiction film, 2D/3D animation, moving-image installation, interactive/VR/AR, and new media art.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Virtual Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
Northwestern’s RTVF department delivers a distinctive liberal-arts-integrated film & media education that balances rigorous critical studies with hands-on creative production on its Evanston campus (just north of Chicago).
It has 4 year BA (or BS) degrees in Radio/Television/Film and two fully-funded 2-year MFA programs: MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage and MFA in Documentary Media.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 2 Year MFA
- Ph.D. Program
- Concentrations
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- Free / Fully Funded
The Film and Digital Media curriculum integrate creative hands-on experience with a fundamental education in film aesthetics, history, and theory.
The interdisciplinary program provides a variety of courses in related fields including theatre, film, video, and arts technology. You'll have great flexibility to choose courses tailored to your career interests, such as critical studies, film and video production, directing, and screenwriting.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Theatre
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $10k to 30k
Named the No. 4 film school for five years in a row in The Hollywood Reporter's annual rankings of the top 25 American film schools, Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media offers top-notch filmmaking courses in an intimate learning environment. Notable alumni include The Duffer Brothers, the creators and showrunners of Stranger Things; filmmaker Justin Simien (Dear White People, Hollywood Black); filmmaker Parker Finn (Smile, Smile 2), and Emmy-winning actress Hannah Einbinder...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BA + 1 Year MA Dual
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MA
- 2 Year MFA
- MFA/MBA Dual Degree Program
- Concentrations
- Acting
- Animation
- Broadcast Journalism
- Business / Film Dual Degree
- Character Animation
- Cinematography
- Color Grading
- Costume Design
- Creative Producing
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Feature Film Production
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Production Design
- Public Relations and Advertising
- Screenwriting
- Set Design
- Showrunning & TV Series Development
- Sound / Sound Design
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Writing and Producing for Television
- Virtual Production
- Visual Effects (VFX)
- Instruction Format
- In-Person Only
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $50k to $70k
Students in the School of Cinematic Arts have access to the latest in digital media production equipment plus state of the art audio and video editing software not only on campus but at our 10,000 foot soundstage on the Cinespace Chicago Film Studio lot where we teach classes alongside network television and Hollywood motion picture projects filming in Chicago.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MS
- 2 Year MFA
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Creative Producing
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Sound / Sound Design
- Virtual Production
- Visual Effects (VFX)
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
Columbia College Chicago’s School of Film and Television is one of the largest and most hands-on film programs in the U.S., offering BA, BFA, and MFA degrees in a collaborative, industry-focused environment in downtown Chicago with state-of-the-art facilities including a virtual production volume wall, multiple soundstages, and professional equipment rental centers.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- 2 Year MA
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Creative Producing
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Instruction Format
- Hybrid (In-Person + Remote)
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
- Graduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
Bradley University’s Media Production Major is a hands-on undergraduate program in Peoria focused on film, video, digital storytelling, sound design, podcasting, and media production, with immediate access to the John C. Hench Production Studio and a signature Hollywood Semester for industry internships and networking.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Communication
- Film & Television Production
- Instruction Format
- Primarily In-Person
- Undergraduate Tuition (Annual)
- $30k to $50k
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