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Film & media production at Minnesota

Minnesota graduates about 32 film majors a year. That puts it 58th of 285 schools we score for film, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $48,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year32under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,0001.08× the same major nationally
Research in the field$443Ka year, NSF
Admit rate80%whole school
SAT middle 50%1310–1460whole school

Around Minnesota

Scholars Walk
University of Minnesota - Scholars Walk (3099117518)Photo: A Gude · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Rose rugosa "Japanese Rose", umn - Flickr - odako1Photo: Koichi Oda · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
MinneAnalytics FARCON 2017 conference at the University of Minnesota in Minneapo
McNamara Alumni Center - atrium 06Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The McNamara Alumni Center building at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities c
McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota (32718108201)Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where film happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. Occidental College 75
  2. University of Chicago 74
  3. Trinity College 74
  4. Binghamton University–SUNY 74
  5. CUNY–Hunter College 73
  6. San Francisco State University 73
  7. Boston University 73
  8. University of Oregon 72

Other strong majors at Minnesota

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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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