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Film & media production at Purdue

Purdue graduates about 31 film majors a year. That puts it 38th of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $52,000 four years out, 1.18× what the same major pays nationally.

80/100Standout#38 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year31under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$52,0001.18× the same major nationally
Research in the field$613Ka year, NSF
Admit rate50%whole school
SAT middle 50%1220–1470whole school

Around Purdue

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Interference Colors from a Thin polymer FilmPhoto: Tafaltens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Where film happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 209 · Dorm 75 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 9 · Dining 4 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. Wesleyan University 81
  2. Northeastern University 81
  3. University of Utah 80
  4. University of Miami 80
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara 79
  6. Middlebury College 79
  7. Boston College 79
  8. Baylor University 78

Other strong majors at Purdue

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Purdue 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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