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Film & media production at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 97 film majors a year. That puts it 4th of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $71,000 four years out, 1.60× what the same major pays nationally.

95/100Standout#4 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year97under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$71,0001.60× the same major nationally
Research in the field$918Ka year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Period car at UC Berkeley campus for the filming of the 2022 movie Oppenheimer
Period car at UC Berkeley campus for the filming of the 2022 movie OppenheimerPhoto: Heartk · CC0 · source
Sather Tower
Sather Tower 2013-09-29 13-34-23Photo: EricDLee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
Berkeley - South HallPhoto: roger4336 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Wheeler Hall
Wheeler Hall - panoramioPhoto: Alexander Gude · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where film happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Bancroft Dance Studio, Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive, Hearst Greek Theatre.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. New York University 100
  2. University of Southern California 97
  3. University of Pennsylvania 96
  4. University of California, Davis 94
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  6. Emory University 92
  7. Vanderbilt University 92

Other strong majors at UC Berkeley

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley 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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