Cinematography & Film Production
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Cinematography & Film Production degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Chicago, IL. The locations with a relatively high number of Cinematography & Film Production degree recipients are Burbank, CA, Escondido, CA, and Bastrop, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying Cinematography & Film Production is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Cinematography & Film Production and the types of students that study this field. New York University awards the most degrees in Cinematography & Film Production in the US, but San Francisco Film School and Nashville Film Institute have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production.
Tuition costs for Cinematography & Film Production majors are, on average, $6,258 for in-state public colleges, and $37,600 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Cinematography & Film Production programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (98 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,670 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,670 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Cinematography & Film Production programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
New York University has the most Cinematography & Film Production degree recipients, with 527 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production.
Out of all institutions that offer Cinematography & Film Production programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, San Francisco Film School has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Cinematography & Film Production.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $61,316 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Graphic designers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Visual & Performing Arts majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $61,316 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Graphic designers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Graphic designers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Graphic designers, Interior designers, and Commercial and industrial designers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Physicians, Surgeons, and Credit analysts.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.22%, from 2.06M in 2019 to 2.12M in 2020.
The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (4.56%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Specialized design services.
The highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.22%, from 2.06M in 2019 to 2.12M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Visual & Performing Arts graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Visual & Performing Arts.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 40.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (4,051 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.48% and 3.44% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Cinematography & Film Production are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Cinematography & Film Production.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Cinematography & Film Production for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Cinematography & Film Production. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Iceland that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (5.1 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (26,577 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Cinematography & Film Production field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cinematography & Film Production majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cinematography & Film Production majors need more than the average amount of Coordination, Time Management, and Negotiation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Cinematography & Film Production majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Coordination is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.