Film & media production at UC Irvine
UC Irvine graduates about 175 film majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 12th of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.16× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Irvine
Where film happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Production Studio, Robert Cohen Theatre & Dance Stuios, Claire Trevor Theatre, Art Studio, Music and Media Building, William J. Gillespie Performance Studios, Studio Four, Irvine Barclay Theatre.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 128 · Academic 107 · Student housing 52 · Offices 16 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5.
Nearby in the film ranking
Other strong majors at UC Irvine
- Physics & astronomy 91 · #22
- Engineering (all) 91 · #28
- Civil engineering 91 · #8
- Environmental science 90 · #28
- Computer engineering 89 · #12
- Computer science 88 · #59
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Irvine 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.