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2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,963 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 356 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 250 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Game & Interactive Media Design (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 187 students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #1 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $13,797 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. St. Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Edward’s University is $23,929 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Ai Houston is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Houston, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,954 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The Art Institute of Houston.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abilene Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Abilene Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k list, Abilene Christian has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $25,207 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Abilene Christian.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Dallas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

The Art Institute of Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,666 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The Art Institute of Dallas.

Full The Art Institute of Dallas Game & Interactive Media Design Report

#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Ai San Antonio is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Ai San Antonio is $23,791 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Austin ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. The Art Institute of Austin is a small private for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k list, Ai Austin has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Austin is $26,275 for southwest region bachelor’s degree game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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