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2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the New England Region 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 the New England region, there were 189 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 127 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern is $10,239 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Champlain also took the #3 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain College is $27,028 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Champlain Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#3

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $27,558 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New England Tech.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full New England Tech Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#4

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Quinnipiac is $35,038 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Quinnipiac University

#5

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New England College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NEC is $26,378 for new england region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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

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.

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