2025 Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Game & Interactive Media Design is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #213 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 118 bachelor's degrees in game & interactive media design during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Game & Interactive Media Design School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of game & interactive media design for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to game & interactive media design students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other game & interactive media design students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized game & interactive media design related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for game & interactive media design students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Game & Interactive Media Design Schools

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 Best Game & Interactive Media Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Game & Interactive Media Design in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in game & interactive media design.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Game and Interactive Media Design

1

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

48 Annual Graduates

Columbia College Chicago is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in game & interactive media design. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in game & interactive media design from Columbia College Chicago

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat DePaul University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in game & interactive media design. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in game & interactive media design from DePaul University

3

Bradley University
Peoria, IL

25 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in game & interactive media design needs to check out Bradley University. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in game & interactive media design from Bradley University

Best Game & Interactive Media Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Game & Interactive Media Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	39
Ohio	612	46
Indiana	535	22
Wisconsin	435	32

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Rankings in Majors Related to Game and Interactive Media Design

Game & Interactive Media Design is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Game and Interactive Media Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	328
Fashion Design	75
Interior Design	64
Illustration	64
Visual Communications	47
Industrial Design	22
Commercial & Advertising Art	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.