by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,692 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 235 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 143 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Advancing Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 15 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region. Ai Houston is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #4 spot on the list. The Art Institute of Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
Full The Art Institute of Dallas Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
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Saint Edward’s University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Saint Edward’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, 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 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Prescott Game & Interactive Media Design Report
The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 68 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full The University of Texas at Dallas Game & Interactive Media Design Report
Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Abilene Christian is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Abilene Christian Game & Interactive Media Design Report
With a ranking of #10, Oklahoma City University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Oklahoma City University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
University of Arizona came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 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 85%.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at University of Arizona
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