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Every program here is a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in a game field, offered by an institutionally accredited US college or university. Facts link to the official page they came from; anything we could not verify is shown as not verified.

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Game design and game development degrees first, then related fields (programming, art, interactive media, game studies); alphabetical by school within each group. Not a ranking. What we list

Lindenwood University

Game Design

Bachelor'sBA

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Saint Charles, MO

Hybrid

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $22,360 per academic year · All students — Traditional undergraduate full-time tuition (block rate, 12-18 credit hours) · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Lindenwood University

Game Design (Online)

Bachelor'sBATransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Saint Charles, MOInstitution location, not a residency requirement

Fully online (verified)

No required physical attendance (verified)

Portfolio policy not published

4 yrs program length · 120 credits

Tuition: $525 per credit · All students — Online undergraduate tuition

No upcoming verified deadline

Lindenwood University

Game Design

Master'sMA

Master of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Saint Charles, MO

Hybrid

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

as little as 15-18 months (Fast-track pace) · 30 credits

Tuition: $619 per credit · All students — Graduate tuition (online and on-campus), all other graduate programs · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Lindenwood University

Game Design (Online)

Master'sMA

Master of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Saint Charles, MOInstitution location, not a residency requirement

Fully online (verified)

No required physical attendance (verified)

Portfolio policy not published

1-2 yrs program length · 30 credits

Tuition: $619 per credit · All students — Online MA in Game Design

No upcoming verified deadline

New England Institute of Technology

Video Game Design

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Video Game Design

Game Design · Game Art

East Greenwich, RI

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 188 credits

Tuition not verified

Rolling admission (as published)

New York University

Game Design (BFA)

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design

Game Design

New York, NY

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

four-year · 128 credits

Tuition: $75,326 per academic year · All students — Tisch School of the Arts, undergraduate students (two semesters, full-time) · 2026-2027

November 1, 2026 · First-year applicants (term not printed)

New York University

Game Design (MFA)

Master'sMFA

Master of Fine Arts in Game Design

Game Design

New York, NY

On campus · Full-time

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

two years, full-time · 60 credits

Tuition: $41,451 per term · All students — Tisch graduate, 12 to 18 credits, per term (estimate based on 2025-2026 rate) · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

New York University

Games for Learning (MS)

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Games for Learning

Game Design

New York, NY

On campus · Full-time and part-time

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio optional

Duration not verified · 36 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Northeastern University

Game Design

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Boston, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio optional

Duration not verified · 130 credits

Tuition: $35,525 per term · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition, per term · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Northeastern University

Game Design and Music with Concentration in Music Technology

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Music

Game Design

Boston, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio optional

Duration not verified · 128 credits

Tuition: $35,525 per term · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition, per term · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Northeastern University

Game Science and Design (Boston)

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Game Science and Design

Game Design · Game Studies & Research

Boston, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

two-year program · 34 credits

Tuition: $2,110 per credit · All students — College of Arts, Media and Design, all graduate programs · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Northeastern University

Game Science and Design (Oakland)

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Game Science and Design

Game Design · Game Studies & Research

Boston, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

two-year program · 34 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

Quinnipiac University

Game Design and Development

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and Development

Game Design · Game Development

Hamden, CT

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 120 credits

Tuition: $56,430 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate, full-time (12-16 credits per semester), first-year student · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Rochester Institute of Technology

Game Design and Development BS

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Development

Game Design · Game Development

Rochester, NY

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 121 credits

Tuition: $63,508 per academic year · All students — New Undergraduate Students, Full Time Tuition for Domestic and International Students (12-18 credit hours) · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Rochester Institute of Technology

Game Design and Development MS

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Game Design and Development

Game Design · Game Development

Rochester, NY

On campus · Full-time

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

two-year, on-campus, cohort-based program · 33 credits

Tuition: $64,542 per academic year · All students — Graduate, 12-18 credit hours (2 semesters) · 2026-2027

Rolling admission (as published)

University of Advancing Technology

Game Design

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Tempe, AZInstitution location, not a residency requirement

Online (on-site requirements not stated)

Campus attendance not verified

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 120 credits

Tuition: $10,300 per semester · All students — UAT-Online/Hybrid tuition, per 12-credit semester (2025-2026) · 2025-2026

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Arizona

Game Design

Bachelor'sBATransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

Tucson, AZ

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

four-year undergraduate degree · 120 credits

Tuition: $6,084 per semester · In-state — In-state, main campus, per semester (12+ units), non-guaranteed

No upcoming verified deadline

University of California-Irvine

Game Design and Interactive Media

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Interactive Media

Game Design · Game-focused Interactive Media

Irvine, CA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

minimum three years for transfer students (Applies to transfer applicants, because several lower-division courses must be taken at UCI.)

Tuition: $20,105.05 per academic year · In-state — Undergraduate, Total California Resident (Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027) · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

University of California-Santa Cruz

Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Game Design · Game Programming

Santa Cruz, CA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $17,439 per academic year · In-state — Undergraduate entering students, tuition and fees (estimate), Fall, Winter and Spring · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Silicon Valley

Game Design

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Game Design

San Jose, CAInstitution location, not a residency requirement

Fully online (verified)

No required physical attendance (verified)

Portfolio not required (stated)

Duration not verified

Tuition: $674 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, online, per credit

No upcoming verified deadline

School or program keyword

Degree & field

Degree level

Exact award

Field of study

Dedicated degree or concentration

Bachelor's entry route

Degree-completion programs require prior credits; they are never first-year entry.

Location & institution

State

City (optional)

Where the institution is based — not where you must live, and not proof that residents of that state may enroll online.

Institution type

Delivery & attendance

Delivery

Hybrid programs are never counted as online.

Campus attendance

Class schedule (online)

Study intensity

Published duration

Conditional minimums (“as few as…”) do not count as the program length.

Portfolio, cost & deadlines

Portfolio policy

“Not required” only when the school says so; silence is “not published”.

Published tuition

Matches only programs that publish tuition on that basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are never compared.

Verified scholarships or assistantships

Published on an official page. Loans do not count.

Deadline

Order

Unknown never counts as a match: a program without verified tuition is not “under $X”, and an unverified attendance policy is not “no campus attendance”.