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245 Master's degrees in Film Studies in North America
Fine Arts Documentary Film and Video
The Fine Arts Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University is a full-time, two-year postgraduate programme. This MFA degree focuses on professional nonfiction production, blending artistic expression with social awareness. Students benefit from a collaborative environment while mastering digital media and 16mm film techniques.
Theatre
Theatre from University of Missouri - Columbia has sustained a national and international reputation as a major center for theatre and performance scholarship and dramatic art production.
Film and Media Studies
Yale University’s Program in Film and Media Studies quickly achieved the international stature it enjoys today.
Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
The Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media program of University of Rochester is designed for students seeking careers in jazz studies and contemporary media music performance, composition/arranging, and higher education.
Film
The Master of Fine Arts in Film from University of Central Arkansas is a three-year, 60 credit hour terminal degree. Upon completion of the MFA program, graduates will be fully qualified to teach at the university level or compete in the ever changing landscape of the motion picture industry.
Documentary
This demanding MFA in Documentary program from DePaul University equips aspiring documentary filmmakers with both a deep understanding of the documentary genre and strong skills in film production.
Film and Media Arts
Explore the expanding boundaries between filmmaking approaches, driven by choices of subject and style, and learn to take creative control with the Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Arts in Temple University’s School of Theater, Film and Media Arts.
Film and Video
We offer a master degree ion Film and Video at California Institute of the Arts CalArts. During the course of three years, graduate students are expected to achieve technical expertise, to gain historical and critical perspective in their area of focus and to produce a substantial body of work.
Multi-Age Drama Licensure
The Multi-Age Drama Licensure program at The University of Akron is a Master of Science degree, which leads to licensure in a chosen teaching field, and is open to highly qualified students who hold the B.A., B.F.A., or B.S. degree.
Screenwriting
The Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting at Houston Baptist University is a 48-credit-hour terminal degree. The workshop-driven program provides a rigorous creative environment to prepare students to craft compelling scripts for film, television, video games, and emerging digital mediums. A parallel MFA in Creative Writing is also available.
Digital Filmmaking - Filmmaking
The Digital Filmmaking - Filmmaking concentration at Georgia State University prepares candidates to produce documentary, fiction, experimental, community-based and advocacy media, and 16mm and 35mm filmmaking through a combination of rigorous practice, collaboration and study.

Radio and Media Production
In the Radio and Media Production graduate certificate program from Humber Polytechnic, students develop the skills to make entertaining and engaging broadcasts and podcasts.
Acting
The Louisiana State University MFA in Acting Program provides rigorous physical, vocal, emotional, and critical actor training approaches.
Production Design
The M.F.A. in Production Design offered by Chapman University is an intensive hands-on two-year program designed to equip production designers with the latest conceptual and practical skills needed to succeed and thrive as professional designers in the film and television industry.
Visual Communication Management
The M.A. Visual Communication Management Track program at Ohio University is suited for mid-career professionals who wish to further enhance their skills in the visual communication field.
Script and Screenwriting - Feature Film (Online)
The Script and Screenwriting - Feature Film (Online) program offered by Liberty University may be the right next step for you! Through this online MFA degree, you can join an academic community where creativity knows no bounds, and storytelling takes center stage – all while being guided by accomplished, industry-proven faculty.
English and Film Studies
The English and Film Studies graduate program at the University of Alberta in the Department of English and Film Studies is large and diverse, with internationally recognized strengths in many fields including Canadian literature, Cultural Studies, English literature, American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Modernism.
Media and Public Engagement
The Media and Public Engagement program of the University of Colorado at Boulder trains critical advocates for social change. It is a two-year, interdisciplinary program that spans traditional boundaries between theory and practice, offering opportunities for critical study of the history, institutions, economics and social implications of the media, both nationally and globally.
English - Literature and Film
Designed to deepen knowledge of the various fields of the discipline of English, the English - Literature and Film degree at Bridgewater State University enhances students' understanding of the roles that language, literature, writing and rhetoric play in human societies and individual lives.
Film and Television Production
The Film and Television Production program of Loyola Marymount University prepares students to master the art, craft, and business of filmmaking for large and small screens.