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Film & media production at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara graduates about 169 film majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 39th of 285 schools we score for film, a strong program at 79 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $50,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally.

79/100Strong#39 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year1692% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$50,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$291Ka year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school

Around UC Santa Barbara

The East Asian Library in Davidson Library, UCSB
East Asian Library of UCSBPhoto: AndyHe829 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
the Ti-Nspire CX ii CAS
CxcasiiPhoto: Prezi2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oneweb mission. This one involved the booster returning to base.
Spacex Launch as seen from UCSB (54239527832)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB (51203940477)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where film happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Theater and Dance West Auditorium, Theater and Dance East, Theater and Dance West, Pollock Theater, Social Sciences and Media Studies.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. Northeastern University 81
  2. University of Utah 80
  3. University of Miami 80
  4. Purdue University–Main Campus 80
  5. Middlebury College 79
  6. Boston College 79
  7. Baylor University 78
  8. Swarthmore College 78

Other strong majors at UC Santa Barbara

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara 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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