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2026 Best Value Photographic & Film/Video Technology/Technician & Assistant Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the photographic & film/video technology/technician & assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Photographic & Film/Video Technology/Technician & Assistant Schools
For return on investment in photographic & film/video technology/technician & assistant, no school beat St Johns University New York this year. Set in the city of Queens, St Johns University New York is a very large private not-for-profit institution. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $53,529. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the photographic & film/video technology/technician & assistant program here. Soon after graduation, photographic & film/video technology/technician & assistant degree recipients from St Johns University New York generally make around $24,389. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. St Johns University New York admits about 83% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 6 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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[Photographic & Film/Video Technology/Technician & Assistant](/majors/communications-tech-support/audiovisual-communications/photographic-and-film-video-technology-technician-and-assistant/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
