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Film Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has five film schools within its city limits. University of Illinois at Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with a film program, has a total student population of 26,840. It is the 161st highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).

Film students from Chicago schools who go on to become filmmakers, producers, directors, film directors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 79,780 people working as producers and directors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $86,870. Also, Actors make on average $0 per year and there are about 39,880 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 950 employed actors earning an average salary of $*. Producers and directors in this area earn $71,220/yr and there are 1,090 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by producers and directors, and 0/1000 are held by actors.

Of the 5 film schools in Chicago, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($28,726/yr) for film students, with University of Illinois at Chicago as the lowest, reported at only $8,828/yr.

Film Programs in Chicago

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Film/Cinema Studies
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

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