Master in Film/Cinema/Media Studies (Master's)

At CUNY City College, tuition costs 20,520 USD per year.

Students study the history, development, theory, and criticism of film and media arts, along with basic principles of filmmaking and film production.

The field prepares students for work in filmmaking and film production, and for applications involving film and media arts criticism and study.

For international students, tuition is below the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 58% of applicants.

The City College of New York began in 1847 as the Free Academy and became the founding institution of the City University of New York. Its history includes several firsts in American higher education, including the first college founded on the ideal of educating the “whole people,” the first documentary film program in the United States, the first intercollegiate lacrosse game in the country, and the first student government in the nation.

Academic study spans architecture, biomedical education, civic and global leadership, education, engineering, humanities and the arts, interdisciplinary studies, and science. CCNY has more than 115 undergraduate majors and master's programs, with research and scholarship across its schools and divisions. Its alumni include contributors to the polio vaccine, the Internet, and the Panama Canal, as well as Supreme Court Justices, Secretaries of State, researchers, artists, and musicians.

Located in the heart of New York City, CCNY places students in a large urban setting with access to the cultural, professional, and civic life of the city. International students join a community representing more than 150 countries. The college awards scholarships, stipends, and fellowships, and its faculty, research activity, student life, and athletics provide additional ways to build an academic and social experience.