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2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 258 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 141 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in game and interactive media design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality game and interactive media design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $24,361 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend RPI.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#2

Albright College

Reading, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albright College landed the #2 spot on the list. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Albright, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $15,867 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Albright College.

Full Albright Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 11 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology also took the #7 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $14,918 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $30-$48k 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

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marist College landed the #4 spot on the list. Marist College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. It awarded 18 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Marist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,368 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Marist College.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Marist College

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,057 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drexel University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.

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

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Maryland Institute College of Art did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. MICA is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.

MICA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $33,983 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Maryland Institute College of Art.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Maryland Institute College of Art Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#7

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, The University of the Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UArts, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $37,844 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UArts.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full UArts Game & Interactive Media Design 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).
  • 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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