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245 Master's degrees in Film Studies in North America
Science and Natural History Filmmaking
The Science and Natural History Filmmaking programme at Montana State University is a unique MFA degree designed for those with backgrounds in science or technology. This full-time course focuses on creating accurate and innovative media to advance public understanding of the natural world through creative storytelling.
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
Upon completion of the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism program from Yale University, students are eligible to register to remain in residence for one year in which they may formulate a dissertation proposal and apply to the Doctor of Fine Arts program.
Film and Animation
The Film and Animation program of Rochester Institute of Technology brings your stories to life as you explore the depths of the film industry.
Documentary
The Department of Cinematic Arts and the Department of Journalism and Media Management at the University of Miami propose this MFA degree in Documentary. This new interdisciplinary degree will provide students with skills in non-fiction creative storytelling and knowledge in advanced production and distribution delivered across a range of platforms.
Expanded Media
In Expanded Media at University of Kansas, students are expected to engage in critical dialogue about art, technology, the nature of creativity, the role of the artist in society and other aspects of art as a professional practice. Issues of process, context and problem solving are inherent in the curriculum.
Filmmaking
The New York Film Academy Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking program is a highly specialized degree with intensive study in narrative storytelling, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, producing, and post-production sound design.
Communication (Film and Video)
The Communication (Film and Video) MA program offered at Georgia State University prepares students for professional activities in all areas of film/video/digital imaging in which the school has emphasis (moving image production and moving image studies), as well as for continued advanced graduate work at the Ph.D. level.
Film and Television Directing
The Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Directing at DePaul University is a highly selective program designed to cultivate a filmmaker’s voice through a rigorous filmmaking curriculum.
Film and Television
The Film and Television program at DePaul University emphasizes technical proficiency in the areas of Cinematography, post-production, and sound for the screen.
Art Studio
The Art Studio MFA program offered at University of South Carolina is a 60 credit, three-year program of study that allows students to pursue major and minor areas of concentration from among the following studio art areas: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and sculpture (3D studies).
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.
Theater Arts
Theater Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz welcomes artists and thinkers who challenge the theory, practice and spectatorship of the performing arts.

Visual Effects for Film and Television
The Visual Effects for Film and Television program at Seneca Polytechnic is a leading provider for training in the dynamic and challenging special effects industry.
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.
Documentary Media Studies
The Documentary Media Studies Postgrad. Cert. program offered by The New School is an intensive professional education program for prospective documentarians.
Cinema & Media Studies
The Cinema & Media Studies MA program offered at University of Southern California offers a comprehensive examination of the cultural, artistic, and commercial contexts of media creation, consumption, and scholarship.
Art Studio
MFA Art Studio program at The City University of New York is a low-cost, comprehensive, studio-based graduate program focused on contemporary painting, sculpture, installation, digital media, critical theory, and social practice art
Filmmaking
University of North Carolina Wilmington’s MFA in Filmmaking is an immersive three-year terminal degree program that prepares students to be complete filmmakers. MFA students learn to create and compose moving images for a variety of artistic, expressive, and commercial purposes.
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.
Documentary Expression
The Documentary Expression program from University of Mississippi is a two-year graduate program that combines coursework in Southern Studies and interdisciplinary fields with advanced training in photography, film, and audio production.