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Film & media production at Maryland

Maryland graduates about 16 film majors a year. That puts it 25th of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.15× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#25 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year16under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$51,0001.15× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1410–1520whole school

Around Maryland

Laundry Day performing "FRIENDS" during a concert in August 2024
Laundry Day band in August 2024Photo: Leafy46 · CC0 · source
Photo of the Nyumburu Cultural Center
Nyumburu Cultural CenterPhoto: BethGuay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Purple Line construction
Purple Line construction on UMD campusPhoto: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
McKeldin Library. I was informed by a reliable source that this particular peeph
McKeldin Library, UMD, 2023Photo: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where film happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. Carnegie Mellon University 86
  2. Stanford University 85
  3. Loyola Marymount University 85
  4. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 85
  5. Washington University in St. Louis 84
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 83
  7. Colgate University 83
  8. The Ohio State University 83

Other strong majors at Maryland

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland 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.

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