Top Schools in Film Top Film Schools in the U.S. Ranking School Name Location 1 New York University New York, NY 2 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 3 University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 4 American Film Institute Conservatory (CA) Los Angeles, CA 5 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA 6 Columbia University (NY) New York, NY 7 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 8 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 9 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 10 Northwestern University (IL) Evanston, IL 11 Temple University (PA) Philadelphia, PA 12 Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) Rochester, NY 13 San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA 14 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 15 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 16 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 17 Ohio University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 18 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 19 Syracuse University (NY) Syracuse, NY
