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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,692 people earned their degree in game and interactive media design, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 172 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 131 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in game and interactive media design. That schools that top this list have a program in game and interactive media design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hampshire College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region. Hampshire is a small school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 8 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Hampshire College Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Champlain is a private not-for-profit institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. New England Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It awarded 17 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region. Fitchburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 27 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 13 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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Quinnipiac University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Quinnipiac University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
New England College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking. NEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Fairfield, Connecticut 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 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Full Sacred Heart University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
With a ranking of #9, Northeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Northeastern University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
Albertus Magnus College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bennington College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Bennington, Vermont, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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