2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 356 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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 Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree game and interactive media design students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the Southwest Region

#1

Collin County Community College District

McKinney, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,293 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a large school located in McKinney, Texas that handed out 24 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,293 for southwest region associate degree game and interactive media design students per year to attend Collin County Community College District.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Collin County Community College District

#2

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 4 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Full Mesa Community College Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#3

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #3 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students.

Full Pima County Community College District Game & Interactive Media Design Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design

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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