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Top 25 Film schools based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 310 film schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,718 professional contacts across them, including 1,796 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers film schools headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest film schools based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,169 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The New York Film Academy is considered the best hands-on visual & performing arts college in the world and offers a range of programs, including Filmmaking, Acting for Film…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 364 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where we invite you to explore and expand the power and potential of film, television and new media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Recognized as one of the top ten film schools in the world and ranked #4 by The Hollywood Reporter among American film schools, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “F.I.R.S.T.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SAE Institute North America is one of the world’s leading educators in creative media industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 25 years, Gnomon has educated many of the world’s best digital artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1985 by filmmaker Richard Linklater, AFS creates life-changing opportunities for filmmakers, catalyzes Austin and Texas as a creative hub, and brings the community…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We train students for careers in radio, television, production and new media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Digital Animation & Visual Effects (DAVE) School is located on the backlot of Universal Studios Florida®.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maine Media is a non-profit educational organization offering year-round workshops for photographers, filmmakers, and media artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fresh Films (formerly Dreaming Tree Foundation) creates Emmy-nominated films, TV shows and documentaries while training future filmmakers in all aspects of film.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Roadmap Writers is a screenwriting education and training platform for Career Writers looking for a guided path to success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Whether you work toward a certificate or a degree, or you take online or on campus classes, you will learn the latest technology and gain hands-on experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Columbia College Hollywood is a regionally-accredited, nonprofit liberal arts institution with campuses in Los Angeles and Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trojan Vision is the University of Southern California’s student-operated television station located at USC’s University Park Campus at the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Film2Future creates equitable opportunities to underserved, low-income, diverse youth aged 14-18, through our professional level art education classes, creating a direct pipeline…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Liberty University Broadcast Communications Department provides students with hands-on experience utilizing industry-standard broadcast equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From day one, you’ll be on-on set, on camera, on point.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seattle Film Institute offers BA and Masters degrees in Filmmaking, Producing, Acting, Digital Arts, Animation & Game Design, and Film Score Composition via the Pacific Northwest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “New England School of Communications at Husson University.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication educates students to master, excel in, and provide leadership for the future of media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hi!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Northeastern Television (NUTV) is Northeastern University’s only student-run video production club.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “San Francisco Film School is a nationally accredited educational institution specializing in the training and development of film and media professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: film schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names film schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of film schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name film schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Film schools based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 310 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among film schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “film schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names film schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among film schools, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,796 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Film schools by metro
- Film schools in Los Angeles43
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names film schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many film schools are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 310 film schools headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
NEW York Film Academy, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most film schools?
Los Angeles leads with 43 headquartered companies, followed by New York (23) and Atlanta (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,796 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 310 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.