2024 Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Game & Interactive Media Design is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #183 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for game & interactive media design students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 associate degrees in game & interactive media design during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Game & Interactive Media Design School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of game & interactive media design for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to game & interactive media design students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of game & interactive media design students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized game & interactive media design related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for game & interactive media design students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Game & Interactive Media Design Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Game & Interactive Media Design in the Southwest Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for game & interactive media design students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Game and Interactive Media Design

1

Collin County Community College District
McKinney, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in game & interactive media design needs to take a look at Collin County Community College District. Collin County Community College District is a fairly large public college located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.More information about a associate in game & interactive media design from Collin County Community College District

2

University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of Advancing Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in game & interactive media design. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.More information about a associate in game & interactive media design from University of Advancing Technology

3

Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in game & interactive media design has to look into Pima Community College. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in game & interactive media design from Pima Community College

Best Game & Interactive Media Design Colleges by State

Explore the best game & interactive media design schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	21
Arizona	349	13
New Mexico	255	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Game and Interactive Media Design

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Game & Interactive Media Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Game and Interactive Media Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	196
Visual Communications	150
Commercial & Advertising Art	116
Interior Design	103
Fashion Design	63
Commercial Photography	29
Illustration	21
Industrial Design	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.