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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 2,353 people earned their degree in game & interactive media design, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 385 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,376 and $17,339 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in game & interactive media design. That schools that top this list have a program in game & interactive media design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree game and interactive media design students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gresham, Oregon is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s game and interactive media design degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Film Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school situated in Burbank, California. It awarded 6 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norco College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Norco, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified associates’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Moorpark College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region. This fairly large school is located in Moorpark, California, and it awarded 11 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Rosa, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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San Diego Mesa College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. San Diego Mesa College is a public institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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Southwestern College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. SWC Chula Vista is a fairly large public school situated in Chula Vista, California. It awarded 3 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Golden West College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Golden West College is located in Huntington Beach, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
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Diablo Valley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Pleasant Hill, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
