2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 48 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in Arizona.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in Arizona

#1

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s game and interactive media design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list. It costs about $9,669 for Arizona Associate Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Mesa Community College

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$3,583 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for Arizona Associate Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Pima Community College

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