Photography Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, at the best colleges in Photography program, total 61,197 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $25,019 where the 2025 average tuition & fees is $52,766. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 76%% of students (13,617 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, Columbia College Chicago has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 94% and Rhode Island School of Design has the lowest graduation rate of 35%.
- For all undergraduate students, Yale University has the highest amount of grant aid of $60,846 and University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the lowest amount of grant aid of $11,962.
- For first-time full-time students, University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 99% and Rhode Island School of Design has the lowest graduation rate of 33%.
- For first-time full-time students, Yale University has the highest amount of grant aid of $59,076 and University of New Mexico-Main Campus has the lowest amount of grant aid of $12,252.
Photography Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Photography programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College name | Tuition & Fees | All Undergraduate | Full-time First-Time Undergraduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | |||
| 5 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private, 4 years four-years | $67,250 ($51,400) | 3,679 | 55% | $60,846 | 837 | 54% | $59,076 |
| -1 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $54,623 ($47,420) | 2,606 | 93% | $18,069 | 621 | 96% | $18,872 |
| 93 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Private, 4 years four-years | $62,688 ($48,470) | 741 | 35% | $34,509 | 159 | 33% | $36,743 |
| 704 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $58,996 ($47,446) | 865 | 92% | $15,861 | 165 | 88% | $22,071 |
| 307 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM Public, 4 years four-years | $33,060 ($10,140) | 13,927 | 88% | $11,962 | 3,369 | 99% | $12,252 |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $59,210 ($40,068) | 12,446 | 89% | $27,509 | 3,155 | 99% | $31,931 |
| 608 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $51,400 ($38,000) | 2,016 | 57% | $16,271 | 424 | 55% | $16,664 |
| 41 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, 4 years four-years | $46,121 ($14,233) | 17,820 | 55% | $21,007 | 3,144 | 49% | $22,441 |
| -1 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $60,226 ($47,266) | 1,028 | 90% | $25,076 | 178 | 85% | $29,175 |
| 1223 | Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $34,088 ($26,474) | 6,069 | 94% | $19,081 | 1,565 | 99% | $20,851 |
| Average | $52,766 | 61,197 | 75% | $25,019 | 13,617 | 76% | $27,008 | |