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Film Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has five film schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with a film program, has a total student population of 24,599. It is the 5th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Pennsylvania. To learn more about film programs in Philadelphia, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of film professors at University of Pennsylvania such as Peter Decherney, and Meta Mazaj.

Film students from Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 330 employed actors earning an average salary of $*. Producers and directors in this area earn $77,570/yr and there are 770 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.422 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by producers and directors, and 0.179/1000 are held by actors.

Of the 5 film schools in Philadelphia, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr) for film students, with Temple University as the lowest, reported at only $15,715/yr.

Film Programs in Philadelphia

• Film/Cinema Studies
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Film/Cinema Studies
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

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

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

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