Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Game & Interactive Media Design

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

4 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,963 people earned their degree in game and interactive media design, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 100 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 77 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in game and interactive media design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent game and interactive media design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Game & Interactive Media Design Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. 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.

Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Albright College

Reading, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albright College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Albright, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Albright is $15,077 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Albright College

#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k list, Drexel has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drexel is $25,234 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Drexel

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k list, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $13,369 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

#4

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of the Arts. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of the Arts is a small school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

UArts also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $39,618 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UArts.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at UArts

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

Featured Performing Arts Schools

Find Schools Near You