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Film & media production at Penn

Penn graduates about 22 film majors a year. That puts it 3rd of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

96/100Standout#3 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year22under 1% of the class
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around Penn

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Where film happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mandell Theatre.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. New York University 100
  2. University of Southern California 97
  3. University of California, Berkeley 95
  4. University of California, Davis 94
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  6. Emory University 92

Other strong majors at Penn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Penn 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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