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Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,353 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 150 game & interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in game & interactive media design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their game & interactive media design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region game and interactive media design students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and it awarded 25 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampshire College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hampshire College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 28 degrees to qualified ’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fitchburg State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fitchburg State is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 24 ’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Manchester Community College is a public institution located in Manchester, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 22 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Quinnipiac University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 10 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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New England College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking. NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 ’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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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With a ranking of #9, Quinsigamond Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 12 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified ’s game and interactive media design students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Northeastern University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s game and interactive media design degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Albertus Magnus College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s game and interactive media design degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Bennington College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Game and Interactive Media Design Major in the New England Region list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 ’s game and interactive media design degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
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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.
