2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 377 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree game and interactive media design students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design in the Far Western US Region

#1

Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, California

#2 in overall quality

$37,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laguna College of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. LCAD is a small school located in Laguna Beach, California that handed out 9 masters’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

LCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Laguna College of Art and Design are $37,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at LCAD

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 18 masters’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern California Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#3

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California

#3 in overall quality

$35,457 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Film Academy landed the #3 spot on the list. New York Film Academy is located in Burbank, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

New York Film Academy also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Film Academy are $35,457, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at New York Film Academy

• Best Value Master’s 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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