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209 Master's degrees in Film Studies in United States
Media Arts and Practice
The Media Arts and Practice (MA+P) MFA program offered at University of Southern California is a community of multi-media creators who are fluent in the techniques and technologies of digital art and design, cinematic media, and storytelling.
Film, Television and Digital Media
The University of Georgia’s degree in Film, Television and Digital Media, ranked in the top 50 film MFAs, produces filmmakers ready to give voice to the stories that matter in today’s competitive global marketplace.
Humanities - Film and Media Study
The Humanities - Film and Media Study programme at University at Buffalo is a flexible postgraduate degree designed for interdisciplinary exploration. This Master of Arts (MA) requires 36 credit hours of study and allows students to combine media studies with other arts or sciences through full-time or part-time engagement.
Scene Design
Our Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design program at Boston University provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.
Media Scoring
When we match movies, music intensifies our emotions. Music weaves through narrative, living in the space between and around dialog. In this Media Scoring degree at The City University of New York, you’ll compose soundtracks from the perspective of storytellers, layering music with sound, and informed by visuals.
Film and Media Studies- Selznick Film Preservation
Film and Media Studies- Selznick Film Preservation is offered by University of Rochester. The Department of English at the University of Rochester offers a special English MA with a concentration in film and media studies.
Studio Art
Build your portfolio, improve your artistic ability and gain invaluable insight from experts in the field with the Studio Art program of University at Albany.
Cinema and Media studies
The Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media studies program from University of Washington prepares students for advanced studies in Comparative Literature or in related fields such as individual national literatures, philosophy, or religion, or for careers in teaching on the elementary, secondary, or junior college levels.
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.
Television, Radio and Film
Producing. Directing. Writing. Management. Whatever you see yourself doing in entertainment, your path to your career in entertainment starts at the Newhouse School with the Television, Radio and Film Master’s programme at Syracuse University.
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.
Theater
The Theater program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a dynamic, hands-on graduate program that teaches students how to collaborate successfully with fellow theater-makers, with a production season that serves as a teaching laboratory.
Film and Television Production
To be seriously considered for admission, Film and Television Production applicants at San Diego State University must post a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Verbal score of 150 or higher (450 or higher using old grading system), a math score of 142 or higher (450 or higher using old grading system), and a GRE Writing Assessment (GRE-W) of Level 4 or higher.
Theatre Studies
The Theatre Studies programme at the University of Kansas is a comprehensive Master of Arts degree. This postgraduate course focuses on performance theory, history, and criticism. Students engage in rigorous academic research and production work through full-time study, preparing for advanced doctoral research or leadership roles.
Film Studies
The Film Studies programme at the University of North Carolina Wilmington offers a comprehensive undergraduate degree. Students engage in full-time study on campus, exploring film history and production. This degree prepares individuals to create and analyse moving images within a top-tier research institution environment.
Writing for Film and Television
The low-residency Writing for Film and Television MFA at Emerson College teaches you to write for film, television, and other emergent forms of media across multiple genres. You will build a professional-caliber writing portfolio with original feature, pilot, and short screenplay samples.
Writing and Producing for Television
The Writing and Producing for Television of Loyola Marymount University trains students to become writer-producers—the showrunners and creative leaders behind today’s top TV programming.
Film Directing
Students in the Film Directing Program from California Institute of the Arts CalArts are intensely diverse in identity and perspective; over 70% of our community comes from outside the United States, from such countries as Iran, Iceland, China, Taiwan, Colombia, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil (among many others)
Cinema and Media Studies
The Department offers a full-time M.A. program in Cinema and Media Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Comprehensive in the range of specializations, the program is intellectually dynamic and rigorous.

Art - Creative Photography
This Art - Creative Photography programme at California State University Fullerton provides a balance of study and practice for those who wish a career in the visual arts, or who want to prepare for further graduate work in the field.