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Motion Picture Institute

Private for-profit Troy, MI · Urban · Great Lakes · 33% data
C- Diversity D+ Selectivity
Acceptance Rate
90% D+
Accessible to most qualified applicants
Enrollment
53

Bottom line: A D+ overall grade — outcomes trail most U.S. colleges.

About Motion Picture Institute

Motion Picture Institute is profiled below with full outcomes data from federal sources.

Interpretation generated from this school's federal outcomes, research, and mobility data.

Institutional Profile

Institution Type
Private for-profit College
Enrollment
53
Setting
Urban
Primary Strengths
Visual & Performing Arts

Why students choose Motion Picture Institute

Strength in Visual & Performing Arts
Its most-awarded field of study

CollegeRanker Report Card

Graded on outcomes, against every U.S. college.

D+
Top 69% overall
D+
Selectivity
90% admit rate
C-
Diversity
0.50 index

Each grade is this school's national percentile on a real outcome — earnings, value, mobility, and more.

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Can I Get In?

How selective Motion Picture Institute is — and how your numbers stack up.

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Will I Be Accepted?

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3.0
Test Score
1050
21

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Motion Picture Institute? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Motion Picture Institute, located in Troy, Michigan, admits most of the students who apply; the acceptance rate is roughly 90%.

Acceptance Rate
90%
Diversity Index
0.50
Applicants
36
Admitted
32

Can I Afford It?

What you'll actually pay after grants and aid — not the sticker price.

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Motion Picture Institute? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Pell Grant Rate
27%
Federal Loan Rate
41%

What Happens After?

Earnings, debt, and where graduates actually land.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Motion Picture Institute Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Does It Change Lives?

Mobility, social capital, and innovation — does it move people up?

Top Programs

The fields Motion Picture Institute awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

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