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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Game and Interactive Media Design for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Game & Interactive Media Design is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 2,692 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maryland, there were 37 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 game and interactive media design graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great game and interactive media design programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the game and interactive media design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Game and Interactive Media Design for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Game and Interactive Media Design for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Game and Interactive Media Design for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryland Institute College of Art landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s game and interactive media design students in 2020-2021.
MICA also made our “Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1.Among the 1,892 students enrolled at MICA, 66 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,802. To help with additional expenses, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MICA]](/colleges/maryland-institute-college-of-art/student-life/veterans/)
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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.
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