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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Game and Interactive Media Design for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,692 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 235 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Game and Interactive Media Design for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in game and interactive media design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality game and interactive media design programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Game and Interactive Media Design for an Associate”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying game and interactive media design.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Game and Interactive Media Design for an Associate. Collin County Community College District is located in McKinney, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 associates’s game and interactive media design degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree vets studying game and interactive media design list, Collin County Community College District has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 35,390 students enrolled at Collin County Community College District, 994 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 606 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,042. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Game and Interactive Media Design for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tucson, 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 6 students in 2020-2021.
Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 15,544 students enrolled at Pima Community College, 853 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 426 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,036. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.