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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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entry

B.S. in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences

Game-focused Interactive Media

Troy, NY

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio not required (stated)

Duration not verified

Tuition: $33,150 per semester · All students — Undergraduate, full time (up to 23 credits), per semester · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Critical Game Design

Master'sMS

M.S. in Critical Game Design

Game Studies & Research · Game Design

Troy, NY

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

Duration not verified

Tuition: $2,210 per credit · All students — Graduate, part-time tuition per credit hour · 2026-2027

March 1, 2027 · Fall 2027

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Critical Game Design

PhD

Ph.D. in Critical Game Design

Game Studies & Research · Game Design

Troy, NY

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

Duration not verified

Tuition: $66,300 per academic year · All students — Graduate, full-time tuition · 2026-2027

December 15, 2026 · Fall 2027

Ringling College of Art and Design

Game Art (BFA)

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Game Art

Sarasota, FL

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

Duration not verified · 120 credits

Tuition: $2,600 per credit · All students — Part-time enrollment (less than 12 hours), per credit hour · 2026-2027

Rolling admission (as published)

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Game Art

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Game Art

Lakewood, CO

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio optional

Duration not verified

Tuition: $850 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, on campus + online students, Fall 2026 onward, per credit (includes semester and equipment fees)

No upcoming verified deadline

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Game Art Online

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Game Art

Lakewood, COInstitution location, not a residency requirement

Online (on-site requirements not stated) · Asynchronous

Campus attendance not verified

Portfolio optional

Duration not verified

Tuition: $850 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, on campus + online students, Fall 2026 onward, per credit (includes semester and equipment fees)

No upcoming verified deadline

Shawnee State University

Game & Simulation Arts

Bachelor'sBFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game & Simulation Arts

Game Art · Game-focused Interactive Media

Portsmouth, OH

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

4 years (typical)

Tuition: $5,243.16 per semester · In-state — Ohio resident or in-state, full-time (12-18 credit hours), tuition & fees per semester, first-time freshmen Autumn 2026 · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Shawnee State University

Game Programming

Bachelor'sBS

Bachelor of Science in Game Programming

Game Programming

Portsmouth, OH

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

4 years

Tuition: $5,243.16 per semester · In-state — Ohio resident or in-state, full-time (12-18 credit hours), tuition & fees per semester, first-time freshmen Autumn 2026 · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

The University of Texas at Dallas

Animation and Games (BA)

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Animation and Games

Game Art · Game-focused Interactive Media

Richardson, TX

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 120 credits

Tuition not verified

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Advancing Technology

Game Art and Animation

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Art and Animation

Game Art

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 Advancing Technology

Game Programming

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Programming

Game Programming

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 California-Santa Cruz

Art & Design: Games + Playable Media

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Art & Design: Games + Playable Media

Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Design

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 Art

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Art

Game Art

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

University of Silicon Valley

Game Engineering

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Engineering

Game Programming · Game Development

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

University of Southern California

Computer Science (Games)

Bachelor'sBS

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Games)

Game Programming

Los Angeles, CA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified · 128 credits

Tuition: $75,384 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition, 12-18 units for two semesters · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Southern California

Game Art

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Game Art

Los Angeles, CA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

four-year program

Tuition: $75,384 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition, 12-18 units for two semesters · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Southern California

Interactive Media & Games

Master'sMFA

Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Media

Game-focused Interactive Media

Los Angeles, CA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio required

three year program

Tuition: $2,700 per credit · All students — School of Cinematic Arts graduate tuition per unit · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

University of Wisconsin-Stout

Game & Media Studies

Bachelor'sBS

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Game & Media Studies

Game Studies & Research · Game-focused Interactive Media

Menomonie, WI

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $11,767 per academic year · In-state — Estimated undergraduate tuition + fees, Wisconsin Resident (15 credits per semester, one year) · 2026-2027

January 1, 2027 · Fall 2027

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Interactive Media & Game Development

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts

Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Development

Worcester, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $63,936 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Interactive Media & Game Development Technology

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science

Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Development

Worcester, MA

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $63,936 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition · 2026-2027

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”.