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2022 Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
239 Degrees Awarded
$37,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,963 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 352 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 239 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in game and interactive media design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great game and interactive media design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income Over $110k) in California

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Chico, California, this fairly large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Chico State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Chico State is $15,017 for California Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Chico Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#2

Cogswell College

San Jose, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cogswell College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k. Located in San Jose, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Cogswell also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Cogswell College is $29,566 for California Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Cogswell College

#3

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k list. University of California - Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Cruz, California. It awarded 78 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $18,186 for California Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of California - Santa Cruz.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of California - Santa Cruz Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#4

Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Laguna College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k. LCAD is located in Laguna Beach, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

LCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Laguna College of Art and Design is $35,355 for california bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Laguna College of Art and Design Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#5

Woodbury University

Burbank, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Woodbury University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in Burbank, California, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Woodbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Woodbury University is $23,915 for California Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make more than $110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Woodbury University

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $29,528 for California Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend USC.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at University of Southern California

#7

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California
#7 in overall quality

New York Film Academy did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Burbank, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend New York Film Academy is $45,280 for california bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full New York Film Academy Game & Interactive Media Design Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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