Film Schools

A listing of universities and colleges in North America that rank highly in film studies. The ranking methodology is based on industry media rankings as well as education institutions rankings.

Name City State URL Ranking
Vancouver Film School Vancouver BC https://vfs.edu/programs
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee WI https://uwm.edu/arts/film/
Wesleyan University Middletown, Conn CN https://www.wesleyan.edu/cfilm/
University of Texas at Austin Austin TX https://rtf.utexas.edu/
Syracuse University New York NY https://vpa.syr.edu/academics/film-media-arts/programs/film-bfa/?redirect
Savannah College of Art & Design Savannah GA https://www.scad.edu/academics/programs/film-and-television
Rhode Island School of Design Providence RI https://www.risd.edu/academics/film-animation-video
Pratt Institute Brooklyn and Manhattan NY https://www.pratt.edu/academics/school-of-art/undergraduate-school-of-art/film-video-department/
Pepperdine University Malibu CA https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/humanities/undergraduate/film-studies/
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem NC https://www.uncsa.edu/filmmaking/undergraduate-programs/index.aspx
Northwestern University Evanston IL https://communication.northwestern.edu/radio-television-film/
New York Film Academy New York NY https://www.nyfa.edu/
University of Nebraska Lincoln NE https://arts.unl.edu/theatre-and-film
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI https://lsa.umich.edu/ftvm
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA https://sftv.lmu.edu/
Los Angeles Film School Los Angeles CA https://www.lafilm.edu/
Ithaca College New York NY https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/majors-minors/film-photography-and-visual-arts-bfa
Hofstra University Hempstead, N.Y NY https://www.hofstra.edu/undergraduate/film.html
Florida State University Tallahassee FL https://film.fsu.edu/
DePaul University Chicago IL https://www.cdm.depaul.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Columbia College Chicago Chicago IL https://www.colum.edu/academics/media-arts/cinema-and-television-arts/
Colorado College Film School Colorado Springs CO https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/filmandnewmedia/
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Mexico City NM https://www.elccc.com.mx/sitio/
California State University Northridge Northridge CA https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/cinema-television-arts
California Institute of the Arts Valencia CA https://filmvideo.calarts.edu/programs/film-and-video
Boston University Boston MA https://www.bu.edu/com/academics/film-television/
Biola University La Mirada CA https://www.biola.edu/film
UC Berkeley Berkeley CA https://filmmedia.berkeley.edu/
Belmont University Nashville Nashville TN https://www.belmont.edu/curb/undergrad/motion-pictures/index.html
Art Center College of Design Pasadena CA https://www.artcenter.edu/academics/graduate-degrees/film/overview.html
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