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209 Master's degrees in Film Studies in United States
Film and Media Arts
The Master of Fine Arts in the Department of Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah is a three-year program designed to develop filmmakers who want to push the boundaries of conventional fictional and documentary storytelling.
Writing for the Screen and Stage
The Writing for the Screen and Stage program at Northwestern University is founded upon these five principles, principles that have also guided Northwestern's highly successful undergraduate Creative Writing for the Media Program.

Art - Creative Photography and Experimental Media
The Art - Creative Photography and Experimental Media degree at California State University Fullerton features a rigorous studio program for the serious, responsible and talented student. The curriculum and faculty challenge students to focus on the goal of becoming professional artists.
Documentary Production and Studies
The Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Production and Studies at University of North Texas is now the most distinguished terminal degree for production faculty at college and university programs in the United States.
Film Studies
The Department of Film Studies from University of North Carolina Wilmington offers a two-year Master of Arts degree in the history, theory, and aesthetics of cinema.
Producing
In New York Film Academy’s Master of Arts (MA) in Producing program, located at our Los Angeles campus, students learn key theoretical, creative, and aesthetics aspects of the entire producing process.
Film and Television
Explore all things production as you make film and TV magic with Film and Television at Savannah College of Art and Design
Art - Art History and Visual Culture
The Art - Art History and Visual Culture MA course from San José State University offers a broad education in art history, including preparation for a Ph.D. degree program.
Film and Television
Film and Television at Sacred Heart University is devoted to cinematic storytelling across all platforms.
Digital Social Media
If you are interested in working in the digital and social media sector, if you want to be a social media professional or an entrepreneur in this area, if you want to understand the science and practice of digital social media, then the Digital Social Media MSc program at University of Southern California is the graduate degree experience for you.
Social Documentation
Social Documentation from University of California, Santa Cruz is designed for future documentarians committed to social change and to documenting communities, cultures, issues, and individuals who are marginalized in our current landscape of representation.
Theatre
The Department of Theatre and Dance offers a program of graduate study leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree at Western Illinois University in the following areas of concentration: acting, directing, and design (costume, lighting, and scenic).
Directing
The Directing Program at University of California, San Diego develops directors who are creative, impactful leaders of highly collaborative theatrical processes.
Cinematography
The Cinematography program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers comprehensive training in the aesthetic, technical and organizational aspects of cinematography.
Curriculum and Instruction - English Education (Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies)
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Department of Teaching and Learning offers a graduate program of study in Curriculum and Instruction - English Education (Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies), including choices of concentration in three Focus Areas: Subject Area, Instructional Level Area and Cross-Curricular Area.
Producing
In New York Film Academy’s Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) Degree in Producing program, located at our Los Angeles campus, students master every step of the filmmaking production process.

Communication and Storytelling Studies
The Communication and Storytelling Studies course from East Tennessee State University is connecting cultural understanding and critique, oral performance, communication knowledge, and marketable skill.
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.
Screen Studies
The MA in Screen Studies from The City University of New York provides a comprehensive education in cinema and screen history, theory, criticism, and aesthetics, encompassing the scholarly exploration of motion pictures as a form of art and a means of social communication.
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)