An independent directory of verified film degrees in the United States
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Listed alphabetically by school. This directory is not a ranking — editorial selections are published separately under Top Schools. What we list
Nashville, TNPrivate nonprofit
Lipscomb University's Department of Cinematic Arts in Nashville, part of the College of Entertainment & the Arts, offers in-person BA and BFA degrees in film production, with capstone projects, an optional Los Angeles internship program and travel to the Sundance Film Festival. Student films are shown each spring at the Five Minute Film Festival.
Los Angeles, CAPrivate nonprofit
Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television (SFTV) offers MFA degrees in Film and Television Production, Writing for the Screen, and Writing and Producing for Television, and undergraduate degrees in Film and Television Production (BFA), Screenwriting (BA), and Film, Television, and Media Studies (BA). Programs are delivered in person at the Westchester and Playa Vista campuses in Los Angeles.
Bozeman, MTPublic
Montana State University's School of Film & Photography in Bozeman offers a BA in Film & Photography with a Film Option, an interdisciplinary BFA in Integrated Lens-Based Media, and a three-year MFA in Science & Natural History Filmmaking for students with science backgrounds.
Los Angeles, CAPrivate nonprofit
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles offers a BFA in Film and Media and a BS in Film, Media and Social Justice, plus low-residency MFA programs in Film, Television and New Media, Screenwriting, and Producing for Film and Television, with production courses at its Hollywood Studio.
Burbank, CAPrivate for-profit
New York Film Academy's Los Angeles campus in Burbank offers accelerated MFA degrees in Filmmaking, Cinematography, Screenwriting and Producing and BFA degrees in Filmmaking and Screenwriting, among other arts degrees. Tuition is charged per semester with separate departmental program fees, and students also pay for their own production expenses.
New York, NYPrivate nonprofit
Film degrees at NYU are offered by the Tisch School of the Arts: a three-year MFA and a BFA in Film and Television in the Kanbar Institute, MA and PhD programs in Cinema Studies, an MFA in Dramatic Writing, and an online MA in Media Producing.
Evanston, ILPrivate nonprofit
Northwestern's Department of Radio/Television/Film in the School of Communication offers an undergraduate major in Radio/Television/Film, a two-year MFA in Documentary Media, a two-year MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage, and a PhD in Screen Cultures. The program sites state that admitted MFA and PhD students receive full tuition and a stipend.
Athens, OHPublic
The School of Film in Ohio University's Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts in Athens offers a three-year MFA in Film, a two-year MA in Film Studies, a BFA in Film and an Honors Tutorial BFA in Film. Graduate admission is for fall only.
Hamden, CTPrivate nonprofit
Quinnipiac's School of Communications offers a BA and a BFA in Film, Television and Media Arts on its Hamden campus, both ending in a two-semester senior capstone short film, and an MA in Producing for Film and Television delivered mostly online.
Virginia Beach, VAPrivate nonprofit
Regent University's School of Communication & the Arts offers film degrees from a Christian worldview: an on-campus MFA in Film & Television Production and BFA in Film & Television, and online graduate degrees in screenwriting, film producing and film and media culture.
San Francisco, CAPublic
San Francisco State University's School of Cinema offers a BA in Cinema, a 60-unit MFA in Cinema and a 30-unit MA in Cinema and Media Studies. The school runs an equipment room, a sound stage, edit bays and animation labs, and presents student work in its annual Film Finals showcase.
Savannah, GAPrivate nonprofit
SCAD's School of Film and Acting lists a BFA and MFA in Film and Television and MAs in Cinematography and Editing, offered in Savannah and Atlanta according to the 2026-2027 catalog. Dramatic Writing degrees with screen-focused coursework are offered by the School of Liberal Arts.
New York, NYPrivate for-profit
School of Visual Arts in New York offers a 120-credit BFA in Film with Cinematography, Directing or Editing specializations and a one-year, 30-credit Master of Professional Studies in Film Directing. Both programs end in thesis films screened at SVA Theatre.
Columbia, MOPrivate nonprofit
Stephens College offers a campus BFA in Filmmaking in Columbia, Missouri, and a low-residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting with workshops in Hollywood and online mentored courses, both within its Conservatory for the Performing Arts.
Stony Brook, NYPublic
Stony Brook University offers an MFA in Film with directing, screenwriting and producing tracks and an MFA in TV Writing, both taught at the Stony Brook Manhattan Center in New York City. The MFA in Film is run in association with Killer Films producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
Syracuse, NYPrivate nonprofit
At Syracuse University, the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Department of Film and Media Arts offers a BFA and an MFA in film that combine independent production with film history and theory. The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications separately offers a BS and an MS in Television, Radio and Film, with undergraduate tracks that include cinematography, production and screenwriting.
Philadelphia, PAPublic
Temple's Department of Film and Media Arts, in the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts, offers a BA in Film and Media Arts (with optional cinematography, post production, producing and screen studies concentrations), a BFA with directing, screenwriting or animation and media arts concentrations, an MFA in Film and Media Arts, and a PhD in Documentary Arts and Visual Research for MFA holders.
Austin, TXPublic
The Department of Radio-Television-Film at UT Austin offers a BS in Radio-Television-Film, a three-year MFA in Film and Media Production, a two-year MFA in Screenwriting, and an MA and PhD in Radio-Television-Film with a Media Studies concentration. Students have access to equipment checkout, six production studios, a green screen, a motion capture studio and Dolby Atmos mix suites.
Berkeley, CAPublic
UC Berkeley's Department of Film & Media offers a BA in Film & Media focused on film and media history, theory and analysis, with application-based production and screenwriting courses, and a research PhD in Film & Media with a five-year funding package. The department does not offer a terminal master's degree.
Los Angeles, CAPublic
UCLA's Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, part of the School of Theater, Film and Television, offers a BA in Film and Television, MFA programs in production/directing, cinematography, screenwriting and producing, and an MA and PhD in Cinema and Media Studies. Graduate programs are full-time and admit students once a year for the Fall Quarter.