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Film Schools in the Northeast - 2024 Ranking

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In 2024, we have evaluated 137 film colleges offering majors in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Film-Colleges.com team ranks New York University (New York City, NY), Emerson College (Boston, MA), and Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) the best three film colleges in the Northeast.

See the Top 50 Film schools in the Northeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Northeast.

Top 50 film schools in the Northeast:

New York University - Film School Ranking
1. New York University

New York City, NY, 6 film programs

Emerson College - Film School Ranking
2. Emerson College

Boston, MA, 4 film programs

Temple University - Film School Ranking
3. Temple University

Philadelphia, PA, 7 film programs

CUNY Brooklyn College - Film School Ranking
4. CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY, 3 film programs

Columbia University in the City of New York - Film School Ranking
5. Columbia University in the City of New York

New York City, NY, 2 film programs

Yale University - Film School Ranking
6. Yale University

New Haven, CT, 8 film programs

University of Pennsylvania - Film School Ranking
7. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA, 2 film programs

Dartmouth College - Film School Ranking
8. Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH, 1 film program

Brown University - Film School Ranking
9. Brown University

Providence, RI, 2 film programs

The Juilliard School - Film School Ranking
10. The Juilliard School

New York City, NY, 4 film programs

Wesleyan University - Film School Ranking
11. Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT, 2 film programs

Tufts University - Film School Ranking
12. Tufts University

Medford, MA, 2 film programs

Middlebury College - Film School Ranking
13. Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT, 2 film programs

Rhode Island School of Design - Film School Ranking
14. Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI, 1 film program

Boston University - Film School Ranking
15. Boston University

Boston, MA, 4 film programs

Smith College - Film School Ranking
16. Smith College

Northampton, MA, 2 film programs

Vassar College - Film School Ranking
17. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY, 2 film programs

Colgate University - Film School Ranking
18. Colgate University

Hamilton, NY, 2 film programs

Barnard College - Film School Ranking
19. Barnard College

New York City, NY, 1 film program

Wellesley College - Film School Ranking
20. Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA, 2 film programs

Brandeis University - Film School Ranking
21. Brandeis University

Waltham, MA, 2 film programs

University of Pittsburgh - Film School Ranking
22. University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA, 6 film programs

Binghamton University - Film School Ranking
23. Binghamton University

Vestal, NY, 2 film programs

The New School - Film School Ranking
24. The New School

New York City, NY, 4 film programs

Syracuse University - Film School Ranking
25. Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY, 4 film programs

Rutgers University New Brunswick - Film School Ranking
26. Rutgers University New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ, 2 film programs

Stony Brook University - Film School Ranking
27. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY, 2 film programs

University of Connecticut - Film School Ranking
28. University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT, 1 film program

Rochester Institute of Technology - Film School Ranking
29. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY, 2 film programs

University at Buffalo - Film School Ranking
30. University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY, 5 film programs

Ithaca College - Film School Ranking
31. Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY, 7 film programs

American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Film School Ranking
32. American Musical and Dramatic Academy

New York City, NY, 3 film programs

CUNY Hunter College - Film School Ranking
33. CUNY Hunter College

New York City, NY, 3 film programs

CUNY City College - Film School Ranking
34. CUNY City College

New York City, NY, 2 film programs

Pace University - Film School Ranking
35. Pace University

New York City, NY, 3 film programs

Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Film School Ranking
Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham - Film School Ranking
37. Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham

Madison, NJ, 3 film programs

Harvard University - Film School Ranking
38. Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, 3 film programs

Carnegie Mellon University - Film School Ranking
39. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, 4 film programs

Cornell University - Film School Ranking
40. Cornell University

Ithaca, NY, 1 film program

Northeastern University - Film School Ranking
41. Northeastern University

Boston, MA, 1 film program

Boston College - Film School Ranking
42. Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA, 2 film programs

Amherst College - Film School Ranking
43. Amherst College

Amherst, MA, 2 film programs

Swarthmore College - Film School Ranking
44. Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA, 3 film programs

Haverford College - Film School Ranking
45. Haverford College

Haverford, PA, 1 film program

Hamilton College - Film School Ranking
46. Hamilton College

Clinton, NY, 1 film program

University of Rochester - Film School Ranking
47. University of Rochester

Rochester, NY, 2 film programs

Fordham University - Film School Ranking
48. Fordham University

Bronx, NY, 2 film programs

Saint Joseph's University - Film School Ranking
49. Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA, 2 film programs

Clark University - Film School Ranking
50. Clark University

Worcester, MA, 2 film programs

Film schools in the Northeast by state:

Schools by State8 Film Schools in Connecticut2 Film Schools in Maine23 Film Schools in Massachusetts3 Film Schools in New Hampshire10 Film Schools in New Jersey49 Film Schools in New York31 Film Schools in Pennsylvania5 Film Schools in Rhode Island6 Film Schools in Vermont


Film programs in the Northeast:

Film and Cinema Studies: 78 schools
Film Acting: 36 schools
Screenwriting and Playwriting: 20 schools
Cinematography and Production: 64 schools

Film schools in other regions:

Midwest: 118 schools
Northwest: 24 schools
South: 149 schools
Southeast: 111 schools
West: 136 schools

Popular film school cities in the Northeast:

in Connecticut:
Fairfield: 2 schools
Hamden: 1 school
Middletown: 1 school
New Haven: 1 school
New London: 1 school
Storrs: 1 school
West Hartford: 1 school
in Massachusetts:
Amherst: 3 schools
Beverly: 1 school
Boston: 4 schools
Cambridge: 2 schools
Chestnut Hill: 1 school
Fitchburg: 1 school
Greenfield: 1 school
Medford: 1 school
Northampton: 1 school
Norton: 1 school
Salem: 1 school
South Hadley: 1 school
Waltham: 1 school
Wellesley: 1 school
Worcester: 2 schools
in New Hampshire:
Hanover: 1 school
Keene: 1 school
in New Jersey:
Lawrenceville: 1 school
Madison: 1 school
Montclair: 1 school
New Brunswick: 1 school
Newark: 1 school
Union: 1 school
in New York:
Bayside: 1 school
Bronx: 1 school
Brooklyn: 2 schools
Brookville: 1 school
Buffalo: 2 schools
Clinton: 1 school
Cortland: 1 school
Dix Hills: 1 school
Fredonia: 1 school
Garden City: 1 school
Hamilton: 1 school
Hempstead: 1 school
Ithaca: 2 schools
Long Island City: 1 school
New York City: 15 schools
Oswego: 1 school
Poughkeepsie: 1 school
Purchase: 2 schools
Queens: 1 school
Rochester: 4 schools
Staten Island: 2 schools
Stony Brook: 1 school
Syracuse: 1 school
Valhalla: 1 school
Vestal: 1 school
in Pennsylvania:
Allentown: 1 school
Bethlehem: 1 school
Center Valley: 1 school
Easton: 1 school
Gettysburg: 1 school
Lancaster: 1 school
Mechanicsburg: 1 school
Monessen: 1 school
Newtown: 1 school
Philadelphia: 5 schools
Pittsburgh: 6 schools
Swarthmore: 1 school
Williamsport: 1 school
in Rhode Island:
Kingston: 1 school
Providence: 3 schools
Warwick: 1 school
in Vermont:
Bennington: 1 school
Burlington: 2 schools
Middlebury: 1 school
Montpelier: 1 school
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