2025 Best Game & Interactive Media Design Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
109Game and Interactive Media Design Degrees Awarded
Game & Interactive Media Design is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #293 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for game & interactive media design students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 109 degrees in game & interactive media design to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Game & Interactive Media Design School
The game and interactive media design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Game & Interactive Media Design rankings. For our Best Overall Game & Interactive Media Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Game & Interactive Media Design Degree Level
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 Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Game & Interactive Media Design in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of game and interactive media design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Game and Interactive Media Design
34Game and Interactive Media Design Degrees Awarded
Any student who is interested in game & interactive media design has to take a look at Columbia College Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 34 game & interactive media design students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
51Game and Interactive Media Design Degrees Awarded
DePaul University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in game & interactive media design. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were about 51 game & interactive media design students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Get on the right path to the fast-paced, exciting world of video game art and design with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Bradley University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in game & interactive media design. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 19th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 24 game & interactive media design students who graduated with this degree at Bradley in the most recent data year.
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).
The game and interactive media design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Game & Interactive Media Design rankings. For our Best Overall Game & Interactive Media Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
