47 Best Film schools in the United States

Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Cinematography. A graph of 58.5K citations received by 4.71K academic papers made by 47 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Texas at Austin

For Cinematography

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

2. University of California - Los Angeles

For Cinematography

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

3. New York University

For Cinematography

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Cinematography

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Cinematography

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Cinematography

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

7. University of Chicago

For Cinematography

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

8. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Cinematography

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

9. University of Southern California

For Cinematography

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

10. Cornell University

For Cinematography

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

11. Carnegie Mellon University

For Cinematography

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Cinematography

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

13. University of Pennsylvania

For Cinematography

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

14. Columbia University

For Cinematography

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

15. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Cinematography

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

16. University of California - Irvine

For Cinematography

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

17. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Cinematography

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

18. University of California-San Diego

For Cinematography

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

19. Stanford University

For Cinematography

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

20. Harvard University

For Cinematography

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

21. Dartmouth College

For Cinematography

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,078

22. Temple University

For Cinematography

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$11,292
Enrollment
35,626

23. University of California - Davis

For Cinematography

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

24. University of Vermont

For Cinematography

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
96%

25. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Cinematography

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

26. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Cinematography

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

27. Emory University

For Cinematography

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

28. George Washington University

For Cinematography

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$31,240

29. Ohio State University

For Cinematography

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

30. Northwestern University

For Cinematography

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

31. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Cinematography

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

32. Duke University

For Cinematography

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

33. University of Rochester

For Cinematography

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

34. Yale University

For Cinematography

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

35. University of Colorado Boulder

For Cinematography

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

36. University of Arizona

For Cinematography

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

37. George Mason University

For Cinematography

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

38. University of Central Florida

For Cinematography

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

39. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Cinematography

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

40. University of New Mexico

For Cinematography

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
97%
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$7,531

41. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Cinematography

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

42. University of Maryland - College Park

For Cinematography

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

43. Brown University

For Cinematography

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$25,028

44. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Cinematography

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

45. University of Florida

For Cinematography

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

46. Princeton University

For Cinematography

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

47. University of Pittsburgh

For Cinematography

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

The best cities to study Cinematography in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Austin, Los Angeles, New York, and Berkeley.