25. Cal State University Northridge
This state school offers a cost-effective education that has the added value of being Los Angelesadjacent. And thanks to a grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the department of cinema and television is finishing a three-year cycle of updating production facilities, which includes new camera, sound and lighting equipment. Curriculum additions include a dedicated documentary production program, while extracurricular adds include a gallery devoted to the art of film posters, an upgraded script library and a public screening series that centers on 21st century LGBTQ films and rock ’n’ roll fare.
TUITION $7,012 undergrad; $8,446 grad
ALUMNI Glenn S. Gainor (head of physical production at Screen Gems), Ami Cohen (executive director of television at Lionsgate), John Hampian (vp physical production at Lucasfilm)
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