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2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,963 people earned their degree in game and interactive media design, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 52 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 31 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students with aid list, Lindenwood University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Lindenwood University

#2

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Drury University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drury University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,419 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid per year to attend Drury University.

Full Drury University Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

Webster also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $22,768 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Webster

#4

Rasmussen University - Minnesota

St. Cloud, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, this small private for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Rasmussen University - Minnesota did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota is $18,586 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Rasmussen University - Minnesota

#5

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas City Art Institute. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Kansas City Art Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Art Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas City Art Institute is $30,452 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students with aid.

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.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Kansas City Art Institute

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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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