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2025 Best Film & Video Production Schools in Massachusetts

3 Colleges in Massachusetts
457 Cinematography Degrees Awarded
Ranked #117 in popularity, film & video production is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for film & video production students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 457 degrees in film & video production to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Film & Video Production School

Best Film & Video Production Schools in Massachusetts Your choice of film & video production school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for film & video production schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Film & Video Production Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Cinematography

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Film & Video Production Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Film & Video Production in Massachusetts

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the cinematography degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Cinematography

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Emerson College
Boston, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
359 Cinematography Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat Emerson College if you wish to pursue a degree in film & video production. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.

There were roughly 359 film & video production students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in film & video production from Emerson College

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MA
38 Cinematography Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Massachusetts College of Art and Design if you wish to pursue a degree in film & video production. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public college located in the city of Boston.

There were roughly 38 film & video production students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in film & video production from Massachusetts College of Art and Design

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
60 Cinematography Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in film & video production has to check out Fitchburg State University. Located in the suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

There were roughly 60 film & video production students who graduated with this degree at Fitchburg State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in film & video production from Fitchburg State University

Best Film & Video Production Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Film & Video Production Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 538 55
Rhode Island 436 50
Maine 396 1
New Hampshire 395 20
Vermont 352 8

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Film & Video Production is one of 4 different types of Film, Video & Photographic Arts programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 162
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts 70
Photography 54

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