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Best Schools for Documentary Production in the United States
See the highest-ranked documentary production schools offering a master’s degree below.
Top Schools in Documentary Production
No school ranked higher than Wake Forest University this year for documentary production. This moderately-sized private not-for-profit university is located in the city of Winston-Salem. Wake Forest University graduates 89% of students within six years. Wake Forest University awarded about 11 documentary production degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their documentary production degree from Wake Forest University earn around $67,369 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $21,577.
See the full documentary production program report for Wake Forest University
Other Documentary Production Degree Levels
Looking for a different degree level? Compare Documentary Production rankings across degree levels:
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 28 schools evaluated.
- 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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