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2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$33,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

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 New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 189 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 127 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 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.

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 New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the New England Region

#1

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. This small school is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $31,690 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students per year to attend New England Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full New England Tech Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#2

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. NEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students list, NEC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New England College is $29,082 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at NEC

#3

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #3 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont 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 39 students in 2019-2020.

Champlain did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $33,561 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students per year to attend Champlain.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Champlain

#4

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 18 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $41,104 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students per year to attend Quinnipiac University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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

#5

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern is $31,093 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Northeastern

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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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