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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,353 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 198 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 13 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Advancing Technology Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified associates’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Collin County Community College District Game & Interactive Media Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
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 full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Pima County Community College District
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s game and interactive media design degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Game & Interactive Media Design at Mesa Community College
Glendale Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Glendale Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Glendale, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Glendale Community College Game & Interactive Media Design Report
Paradise Valley Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Paradise Valley Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Paradise Valley Community College Game & Interactive Media Design Report
Texas State Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full TSTC Game & Interactive Media Design Report
With a ranking of #6, Luna Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Southwest Region list. Luna Community College is a public institution located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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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
- *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.
