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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 248 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 41 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about Game & Interactive Media Design at American University
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIU Post. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
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.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at LIU Post
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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