Master's · Los Angeles, California
Is Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Loyola Marymount University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,576
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,742
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $146,411
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $155k (likely $155k – $155k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$529k (likely −$612k – −$429k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$575k (likely −$753k – −$372k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Loyola Marymount University
- Law (First professional)$143,361
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$140,532
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$140,519
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$134,109
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$127,011
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$111,733
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Master's)$109,396
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$109,303
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,223
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$100,264
- Law (Master's)$98,678
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,226
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at other schools in California
- Academy of Art University$58,879
- California Institute of the Arts$56,207
- University of California-Los Angeles$53,630
- University of Southern California$51,931
- Chapman University$50,895
- National University$48,733
- American Film Institute Conservatory$43,012
- New York Film Academy$38,915