by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 341 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 256 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in game and interactive media design. To top this list, a school must have a successful game and interactive media design program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full DePaul University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Eastern Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Menomonie, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at University of Wisconsin - Stout
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Bradley University is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large public school situated in Bloomington, Indiana. It awarded 20 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #7, Franklin University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Franklin University
Shawnee State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Portsmouth, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
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Cleveland Institute of Art did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. CIA is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Cleveland Institute of Art Game & Interactive Media Design Report
Miami University - Oxford ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 6 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Miami University - Oxford
Michigan State University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Michigan State
Indiana Wesleyan University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Indiana Wesleyan University is a small school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana Wesleyan University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Fort Wayne, Indiana 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne
Cardinal Stritch University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Cardinal Stritch University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Cardinal Stritch
Columbus College of Art and Design came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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