In the United States, there are numerous institutions both public and private dedicated to teaching film either as a department in a larger university, or as a stand-alone entity. Colleges offering film degrees as part of their arts or communications curriculum differ from colleges with a dedicated film program, which offer degrees in multiple aspects of film making such as theory, directing, cinematography, and screenwriting.
There is also a distinction between film programs in private colleges and art schools, and purely for-profit institutions.
University | Department | City | State | Public or Private | Type of Degree | Number of Degrees | Year(?) | |
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Northern Virginia Community College | Cinema | Woodbridge | Virginia | Public | Associate of Fine Arts | 1 | 2018 | |
Kansas City Art Institute | Filmmaking[1] | Kansas City | Missouri | Private | Baccalaureate college | |||
University of New Orleans | Department of Film and Theatre[2] | New Orleans | Louisiana | Public | Doctorate Granting University | |||
Western Colorado Community College | Digital Filmmaking | Grand Junction | Colorado | Public | Associate Degree, Technical Certificates | 2 | 2018 | |
Biola University | Cinema and Media Arts[3] | La Mirada | California | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1979 | ||
University of Colorado Denver | CU Denver Film and Television[4] | Denver | Colorado | Public | Baccalaureate college | 45 | 1994 | |
University of North Alabama | Film & Digital Media Production | Florence | Alabama | Public | Master's university | 25[5] | [6] | |
Scottsdale Community College | Scottsdale School of Film+Theatre | Scottsdale | Arizona | Public | Associates colleges | |||
Arizona State University | School of Theatre and Film | Tempe | Arizona | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 4[7] | 2005[8] | |
University of Arizona | Jack and Vivian Hanson Arizona Film Institute | Tucson | Arizona | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 85[9] [10] | 2002[11] | |
Yavapai College | Zaki Gordon Institute | Sedona | Arizona | Public | Associates colleges | 24 | 2000[12] | |
University of Central Arkansas | Mass Communication and Theatre | Conway | Arkansas | Public | Masters Universities | 27[13] [14] | [15] | |
Southern Arkansas University Tech | Multimedia Technology | Camden | Arkansas | Public | Associates colleges | 33[16] | [17] | |
Academy of Art University | School of Motion Pictures and Television | San Francisco | California | Private | Master's university | 172[18] [19] | 2004[20] | |
American Film Institute | American Film Institute Conservatory | Los Angeles | California | Private | Special-focus institutions | 111[21] [22] | 1969[23] | |
N/A | City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | California | Public | Associates colleges | Unknown[24] | 1935[25] | |
N/A | Berkeley Digital Film Institute | Berkeley | California | Private (for-profit) | Associates colleges | Unknown | 2007[26] | |
Chapman University | Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts | Orange | California | Private | Master's university | 142[27] [28] | 1996[29] | |
California College of the Arts | Film Program | Oakland, San Francisco | California | Private | Baccalaureate college | 13[30] | [31] | |
California Institute of the Arts | School of Film/Video | Valencia | California | Private | Master's university | 96[32] [33] | 1971[34] | |
California State University, Los Angeles | Cal State LA Studios | Los Angeles | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | 88[35] | [36] | |
California State University, Fullerton | Radio-TV-Film | Fullerton | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | 173[37] | 1989[38] | |
California State University, Long Beach | Department of Film and Electronic Arts | Long Beach | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | 113[39] | 1982 | |
California State University, Northridge | Department of Cinema and Television Arts | Northridge | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | 354[40] | 1983[41] | |
N/A | Columbia College Hollywood | Tarzana | California | Private | Baccalaureate college | 62[42] [43] | 1953 | |
Cornish College of the Arts | Film Department | Seattle, Washington | Washington | Private | Baccalaureate college | 62 | 2015[44] | |
N/A | Global Cinematography Institute | Los Angeles | California | Private | Special-focus institutions | Unknown | 2012 | |
N/A | Los Angeles Film School | Hollywood | California | Private (for-profit) | Associates college | 321[45] | 1999[46] | |
Loyola Marymount University | Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television | Los Angeles | California | Private | Master's university | 57[47] | 2003[48] | |
New York Film Academy | New York Film Academy, LA | Universal City | California | Private | Master's university Baccalaureate college Associates colleges | [49] | 1992 | |
San Diego State University | School of Theatre, Television and Film | San Diego | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | |||
Platt College (San Diego) | Digital Video and Media Production | San Diego | California | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1985 | ||
Studio School (Formerly Known as Relativity School) (Hussian College) | Film + Digital Content | Los Angeles | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | 2014[50] | |
San Francisco Art Institute | School of Studio Practice (film) | San Francisco | California | Private | Master's university | 18[51] | 1947[52] [53] | |
San Francisco State University | Cinema Department at San Francisco State University | San Francisco | California | Public | Master's university | 194[54] | 1965[55] | |
San Jose State University | Department of Tv, Radio, Film & Theatre | San Jose | California | Public | Baccalaureate college | 61[56] | [57] | |
University of California, Los Angeles | UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television | Los Angeles | California | Public | Doctorate Granting university | 130[58] [59] | 1939[60] [61] | |
University of Southern California | USC School of Cinematic Arts | Los Angeles | California | Private | Doctorate Granting university | 379[62] [63] | 1929[64] | |
Community College of Aurora | Colorado Film School[65] | Aurora | Colorado | Public | Associate's college | Unknown | 1990s | |
University of Colorado at Boulder | Film Studies Program | Boulder | Colorado | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 95[66] | 1972[67] | |
Sacred Heart University | FTMA | Stamford | Connecticut | Private | Master's university | 2013 | ||
Wesleyan University | Center for Film Studies | Middletown | Connecticut | Private | Baccalaureate college | 30[68] | 2004[69] | |
American University | Film and Media Arts Studies | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | Private | Master's university | 90[70] [71] | 1984[72] | |
Johns Hopkins University | Film and Media | Baltimore | Maryland | Private | Master's university | 11[73] | 2015[74] | |
Howard University | Film and Media Arts | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | Private | Master's university | 79[75] [76] | 1971[77] | |
Florida State University | FSU College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 54[78] [79] | 1989[80] | |
N/A | Full Sail University | Winter Park | Florida | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | 713[81] | 1979[82] | |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Digital Filmmaking | Sarasota | Florida | Private | Baccalaureate college | 68[83] | 2007[84] | |
University of Central Florida | Film Program | Orlando | Florida | Public | Master's university | 89[85] | [86] | |
University of Miami | Motion Picture Program | Miami | Florida | Private | Master's university | 99[87] | 1974[88] [89] | |
Savannah College of Art and Design | School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts | Savannah | Georgia | Private | Master's university | 172[90] [91] | 1978[92] | |
Columbia College | Film & Video Department | Chicago | Illinois | Private | Master's university | 445[93] [94] | 1961[95] | |
DePaul University | School of Cinema and Interactive Media | Chicago | Illinois | Private | Master's university | 76[96] | 2008[97] | |
Northwestern University | Department of Radio, Television + Film | Evanston | Illinois | Private | Master's university | 68[98] [99] | 1981[100] | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Film, Video, New Media, and Animation | Chicago | Illinois | Private | Master's university Baccalaureate college | Unknown | 1967 | |
Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Department of Cinema and Photography | Carbondale | Illinois | Public | Master's university | 75[101] | [102] | |
Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy | Film + Broadcast Department | Chicago | Illinois | Private | Associates colleges | [103] | 2007 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Department of Media and Cinema Studies | Champaign-Urbana | Illinois | Public | Doctorate Granting university | 43[104] | 1948 | |
University of Notre Dame | Department of Film, Television, and Theatre[105] | South Bend | Indiana | Private | Doctorate Granting university | 41[106] | 1998 | |
University of Iowa | Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature | Iowa City | Iowa | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 58[107] | [108] | |
Western Kentucky University | Film Program[109] | Bowling Green | Kentucky | Public | Doctorate Granting university | 2010[110] | ||
Towson University | Department of Electronic Media and Film | Towson | Maryland | Public | Baccalaureate college | 121[111] | 1981[112] [113] | |
Boston University | Department of Film & Television | Boston | Massachusetts | Private | Master's university | 208[114] [115] | 1947[116] [117] | |
University of Rhode Island | Harrington School of Communication and Media | Kingston and Providence | Rhode Island | Public | Baccalaureate college | 2008 | ||
Emerson College | Visual and Media Arts | Boston | Massachusetts | Private | Master's university | 368[118] [119] | 1972[120] | |
Fitchburg State University | Film/Video | Fitchburg | Massachusetts | Public | Baccalaureate college | 56[121] | [122] | |
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Department of film/video | Boston | Massachusetts | Public | Master's university Baccalaureate college | 79[123] [124] | 1977 | |
Grand Valley State University | Film and Video Production[125] | Allendale | Michigan | Public | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | Unknown | |
Minnesota State University Moorhead | Cinema Arts and Digital Technologies | Moorhead | Minnesota | Public | Baccalaureate college | 26[126] | [127] | |
University of Southern Mississippi | Entertainment Industry (Film) | Long Beach | Mississippi | Public | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | Unknown | |
Missouri State University | Department of Media, Journalism & Film | Springfield | Missouri | Public | Master's university | 67[128] | [129] | |
Webster University | Film Production and Film Studies | Saint Louis | Missouri | Private | Baccalaureate college | 38[130] | [131] | |
Montana State University | School of Film and Photography | Bozeman | Montana | Public | Master's university | 103[132] [133] | 1960[134] | |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Film & New Media, Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film[135] | Lincoln | Nebraska | Public | Doctorate Granting University | Unknown | 1999 | |
Santa Fe University of Art and Design | The Film School | Santa Fe | New Mexico | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | 36[136] | [137] | |
Buffalo State University | Television and Film Arts | Buffalo | New York | Public | ||||
City University of New York colleges with Film Programs | Film Programs | New York City | New York | Public | Master's university Master's university Baccalaureate college Associates colleges | 130[138] 18 59 34[139] | varies | |
Columbia University School of the Arts | Film Division | New York City | New York | Private | Master's university | 83[140] | 1965[141] | |
Cornell University | Film Program | Ithaca | New York | Private | Doctorate Granting university | 9[142] | 1970[143] | |
Digital Film Academy | Digital Filmmaking Conservatory | New York City | New York | Private | Associate Degree Professional Certificate | [144] | 2001 | |
Digital Film Academy | Digital Filmmaking Conservatory | Atlanta | Georgia | Private | Associate Degree Professional Certificate | [145] | 2020[146] | |
School of Visual Arts | Film (concentrations in Directing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Editing) | New York | New York | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | 1947 | |
Fort Hays State University | Informatics | Hays | Kansas | Public | Master's university | |||
Ithaca College | Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts | Ithaca | New York | Private | Master's university | 90[147] | 1980[148] | |
Long Island University | Department of Theatre, Film, Dance and Arts Management | Brookville | New York | Private | Doctorate Granting university | [149] | [150] | |
New York Film Academy | New York Film Academy | New York | New York | Private | Master's university Baccalaureate college Associates colleges | [151] | 1992[152] | |
Rochester Institute of Technology | School of Film and Animation[153] | Rochester | New York | Private (non-profit) | Master's colleges and universities (Master's L) | 56 | 1981 | |
Blue Ridge Community College | Film and Video Production | Flat Rock | North Carolina | Public | Associates colleges | 7 | 2009[154] | |
Piedmont Community College | Film School | Yanceyville | North Carolina | Public | Associates colleges | 24 | 1994 | |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Department of Media Studies | Greensboro | North Carolina | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 79[155] [156] | 1977 | |
University of North Carolina Wilmington | Department of Film Studies | Wilmington | North Carolina | Public | Doctorate Granting University | 94[157] [158] | 2000 | |
Western Carolina University | School of Stage & Screen/Film & Television Program | Cullowhee | North Carolina | Public | Bachelor of Fine Arts | 125 | 2007 | |
Ohio University | Ohio University Film[159] | Athens | Ohio | Public | Doctorate Granting University | Unknown | Unknown | |
Oklahoma City University | Moving Image Arts | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Private | Master's university | [160] | [161] | |
George Fox University | Cinema & Media Communication | Newberg | Oregon | Private | Master's university | 16[162] | 2000 | |
Portland State University | School of Theater + Film | Portland | Oregon | Public | Doctorate Granting University | Approx. 300 | 2007 | |
Temple University | Film and Media Arts | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Public | ||||
Point Park University | Cinema Arts | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Private | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts | |||
The Arts Institutes | Digital Film | Nashville | Tennessee | Private-for-profit | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
University of North Texas | Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts Building | Denton | Texas | Public | Master's university Baccalaureate college Associates colleges Doctorate Granting University | |||
University of Texas | University of Texas at Austin College of Communication/University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film | Austin | Texas | Public | Master's university Baccalaureate college Associates colleges Doctorate Granting University | 1965 | ||
University of Utah | University of Utah Department of Film & Media Arts | Salt Lake City | Utah | Public | Master's of Fine Arts Baccalaureate college | 8 | Unknown | |
Old Dominion University | Old Dominion University[163] | Norfolk | Virginia | Public | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | Unknown | |
Virginia Commonwealth University | VCUarts Cinema[164] | Richmond | Virginia | Public | Baccalaureate college | Unknown | Unknown | |
TheFilmSchool | TheFilmSchool | Seattle | Washington (state) | Private | Special Focus Institutions | Unknown | 2004[165] | |
Central Washington University | CWU Film Department, College of Arts and Humanities | Ellensburg | Washington (State) | Public | Bachelor of Arts | unknown | unknown | |
University of California, Irvine | Department of Film and Media Studies | Irvine | California | Public | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
New York University | Tisch School of the Arts | New York City | New York | Private | Bachelor of Fine ArtsBachelor of ArtsMaster of Fine ArtsMaster of ArtsMaster of Professional StudiesDoctor of Philosophy | unknown | 1965 | |
Rutgers University | Mason Gross School of the Arts | New Brunswick | New Jersey | Public | Bachelor of Fine Arts | unknown |