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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Plains States region, there were 67 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 game and interactive media design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Plains States Region”.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Lakes Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa Lakes Community College is a small public school situated in Estherville, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Overland Park, Kansas, and it awarded 10 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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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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%.
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- *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.
