Graduate Programs in Film & Filmmaking
Explore 180+ Film & Filmmaking graduate programs at 50+ universities across 3 countries.
Overview
Filmmaking-related programs cover the art, craft and study of the moving image. The grouping includes directing, screenwriting, cinematography, producing, editing, animation and film studies, with graduate students making their own work or researching cinema and media.
The MFA is the main creative master's, built around making your own films or scripts. Master's and PhD programs in film studies focus on research, criticism and theory.
Graduates work as directors, screenwriters, producers, editors, cinematographers and animators, and film studies graduates become critics, curators, archivists and academics. Streaming, advertising, games and branded content have widened the paths into production, though careers usually build through freelance and project work.
Most Film & Filmmaking programs charge between $21,000 and $56,000 a year in tuition. The top ten ranked programs charge between $22,000 and $83,000.
Top Ranked Master's Programs
The five highest-ranked universities offering this degree.
- University of OxfordMSt in Film AestheticsDeadline Mar 3 · Tuition $70,400 · Duration 9 months
- University of CambridgeMPhil in Film and Screen StudiesDeadline May 16 +1 · Tuition $46,961 · Duration 9 months
- Columbia UniversityMaster of Fine Arts in TheatreDeadline Dec 2 +1 · Tuition $77,840 · Duration 24 months
- University of California, Los AngelesCinema & Media Studies MADeadline Dec 1 · Tuition $36,297
- University of TorontoMaster of Arts in Drama, Theatre & Performance StudiesDeadline Oct 9 +1 · Tuition $25,477 · Duration 12 months
Top Ranked PhD Programs
The five highest-ranked universities offering this degree.
- Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Theater and Performance StudiesDeadline Nov 25 · Tuition $63,540 · Duration 60 months
- University of CambridgePhD in Film and Screen StudiesDeadline Oct 1 · Tuition $50,350 · Duration 3–4 years full-time
- University of ChicagoDoctor of Philosophy in Theater & Performance StudiesTuition $22,400 · Duration 96 months
- Columbia UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in TheatreDeadline Dec 2 · Tuition $56,840 · Duration 72 months
- University of California, Los AngelesDoctor of Philosophy in Theater and Performance StudiesDeadline Dec 10 · Tuition $36,297
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