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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
250 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 356 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 250 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in game and interactive media design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent game and interactive media design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 187 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid per year to attend UT Dallas.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at The University of Texas at Dallas

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,844 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid per year to attend The Art Institute of Houston.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Art Institute of Dallas, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Dallas is $21,605 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abilene Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian also took the #2 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Abilene Christian is $26,809 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid per year to attend Saint Edward’s University.

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#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. The Art Institute of San Antonio is a small private for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of San Antonio is $22,421 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid.

Full Ai San Antonio Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#7 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Austin also took the #7 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,156 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid per year to attend Ai Austin.

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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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