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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,692 people earned their degree in game and interactive media design, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 41 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 in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Overland Park, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s game and interactive media design degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
JCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Johnson County Community College is $14,360 for plains states region game and interactive media design students whose families make $48-$75k.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at JCCC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Charles, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lindenwood University also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,749 for Plains States Region Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lindenwood University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Full Lindenwood University Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Game and Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 15 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2020-2021.
Webster also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $22,524 for Plains States Region Game and Interactive Media Design students whose families make $48-$75k.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Game & Interactive Media Design at Webster
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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
- *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.
