Best Film programs in Tennessee, ranked by enrollment
Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production.
11 schools in Tennessee run programs that feed this job, graduating 350 people a year. The job pays a median of $57,880 in Tennessee across about 560 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Tennessee that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in Tennessee that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Tennessee (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Tennessee page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinematography and Film/Video Productionmain feeder CIP 50.0602In Tennessee → | 221 | 63.1% | 10 | $25,014 | $24,650 |
| 2 | CIP 10.0105In Tennessee → | 124 | 35.4% | 2 | $24,790 | $13,494 |
| 3 | CIP 09.0701In Tennessee → | 5 | 1.4% | 1 | $29,112 | $23,836 |
Top 11 schools in Tennessee
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 11 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville, TN Public · 2 feeder programs | 106 | Communications Technology/Technician | $25,754 | 31% | — | — |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 73 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | $28,202 | 54% | — | 69% |
| 3 | Belmont University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 66 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | $30,188 | 71% | $29,246 | 95% |
| 4 | Nashville Film Institute Nashville, TN Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | $22,919 | 86% | $24,996 | — |
| 5 | SAE Institute of Technology - Nashville Nashville, TN Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 18 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 42% | $21,395 | — |
| 6 | Lipscomb University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 72% | $24,309 | 68% |
| 7 | Nossi College of Art and Design Nashville, TN Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 42% | $24,474 | 46% |
| 8 | Lee University Cleveland, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 63% | $18,918 | 71% |
| 9 | Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 49% | $24,187 | 65% |
| 10 | Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Radio and Television | — | 53% | $14,286 | 69% |
| 11 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | 53% | — | 86% |
All 11 schools in Tennessee
Every school in Tennessee with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pellissippi State Community College | Knoxville | Public | 106 | 2 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public | 73 | 1 |
| Belmont University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 66 | 2 |
| Nashville Film Institute | Nashville | Private for-profit | 38 | 1 |
| SAE Institute of Technology - Nashville | Nashville | Private for-profit | 18 | 1 |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 17 | 1 |
| Nossi College of Art and Design | Nashville | Private for-profit | 9 | 1 |
| Lee University | Cleveland | Private not-for-profit | 8 | 1 |
| Southern Adventist University | Collegedale | Private not-for-profit | 8 | 1 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 5 | 1 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public | 2 | 1 |
What film and video editors earn in Tennessee
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $75,420. Tennessee pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Tennessee
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Film and Video Editors page.
How to become a Film
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Tennessee
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 7 majors mapped to Film and Video Editors7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0404Photojournalism
- 09.0701Radio and Television
- 10.0105Communications Technology/Technician
- 10.0202Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician
- 10.0299Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
- 50.0602Cinematography and Film/Video Production
- 50.0607Documentary Production
Common questions
Answers for people weighing film and video editors programs in Tennessee.
What degree do you need to become a Film?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Cinematography and Film/Video Production, which awarded 221 degrees in Tennessee in 2024-25, 63.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Film?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Communications Technologies/Technicians, Radio. Together they graduate about 350 people a year in Tennessee.
How much do film and video editors earn in Tennessee?+
The median is $57,880 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 23.3% below the U.S. median of $75,420. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for film and video editors growing?+
BLS projects a +4.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Tennessee?+
11 institutions in Tennessee reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do film and video editors work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Editor, Film Editor, News Editor, Video Editor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 27-4032.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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