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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Colorado, there were 47 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in game and interactive media design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality game and interactive media design programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The game and interactive media design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design that were part of this year’s ranking, Arapahoe Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Arapahoe Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Littleton, Colorado. It awarded 10 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Arapahoe Community College, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Arapahoe Community College supports 12,001 students, and 290 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 180 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,789. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Arapahoe Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Arapahoe Community College]](/colleges/arapahoe-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Game and Interactive Media Design. Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 ’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RMCAD, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 1,643 students enrolled at RMCAD, 226 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 176 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,994. During this same period, 28 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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.
Full Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.