Film/Video and Photographic Arts programs in California

Compare 22 reporting programs using the same federal field and credential definition. Earnings are observed four years after completion.

#	College	City	Median year-4 earnings	Median federal debt
1	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	$70,963	$15,693
2	Chapman University	Orange	$66,494	$19,123
3	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	$61,500	$23,250
4	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	$58,623	$21,687
5	University of California, Davis	Davis	$57,999	$18,000
6	University of California, Riverside	Riverside	$52,699	$20,500
7	University of California, Irvine	Irvine	$51,423	$16,300
8	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	$50,904	$19,000
9	Woodbury University	Burbank	$50,387	$27,000
10	Art Center College of Design	Pasadena	$49,933	$31,000
11	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	$49,893	$15,000
12	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	$47,149	$17,850
13	Mount Saint Mary's University	Los Angeles	$47,091	$27,000
14	California State University, Northridge	Northridge	$46,913	$18,266
15	Academy of Art University	San Francisco	$46,726	$36,500
16	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	Arcata	$46,245	$23,162
17	University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	$45,815	$16,439
18	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento	$42,392	$16,205
19	John Paul the Great Catholic University	Escondido	$35,917	$26,925
20	Los Angeles Film School	Hollywood	$35,151	$42,250
21	California Institute of the Arts	Valencia	$29,426	$27,000
22	New York Film Academy	Burbank	$28,275	$31,000

This is an observed-outcomes comparison, not a universal quality ranking. Missing and privacy-suppressed programs are excluded.