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Best Film Schools Near Lake Worth, FL (2026)
Updated September 5, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Lake Worth, Florida has 5 accredited schools offering film programs, with tuition ranging from $2,830 to $67,880 per year for indexed programs. Lake Worth has a population of about 37,812. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, the top-earning film-related role is Producers and Directors at a median $87,980 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Film Schools to Lake Worth
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer film programs near Lake Worth, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Lake Worth city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Lake Worth.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Florida schools on the Florida film page.
Film Wages Near Lake Worth
Lake Worth is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (BLS area code 33100). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Florida statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Film and Video Editors
$61,950
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$54,247
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
$62,220
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$54,483
Producers and Directors
$87,980
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$77,040
Special Effects Artists and Animators
$74,520
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$65,254
Audio and Video Technicians
$54,410
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$47,644
Sound Engineering Technicians
$70,360
FL statewide
$61,611
Writers and Authors
$66,470
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$58,205
Graphic Designers
$61,870
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$54,177
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
How many accredited film schools are near Lake Worth, FL?
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering film programs near Lake Worth. The closest is Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, FL (1.8 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Miami Dade College (58.7 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying film roles near Lake Worth?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying film-related roles near Lake Worth are: Producers and Directors ($87,980), Special Effects Artists and Animators ($74,520), Sound Engineering Technicians ($70,360). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Florida statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Lake Worth Beach instead of Lake Worth?
Lake Worth Beach, FL is 0.0 miles from Lake Worth and has its own set of local film programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 5, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
