Film & media production at Iowa
Iowa graduates about 56 film majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 80th of 285 schools we score for film, a strong program at 67 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally.
Where film happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Theatre Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 64 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 10 · Dorm 5 · Arts 2 · Offices 1.
Nearby in the film ranking
Other strong majors at Iowa
- Kinesiology & exercise science 89 · #26
- Marketing 88 · #30
- Accounting 87 · #45
- Math & statistics 86 · #74
- Business & finance 85 · #60
- Political science & IR 83 · #105
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Iowa with every school we score in film. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.