Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, ARPublic HLCDepartment of Art

Arkansas Tech University in Russellville offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game & Interactive Media Design through its Department of Art. The 120-hour program combines art foundations with game development, 3D modeling and animation courses and a two-semester senior game project.

Game degrees at Arkansas Tech University

1 program verified (1 bachelor's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

Game & Interactive Media Design

Bachelor'sBFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game & Interactive Media Design

Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Design

Russellville, AR

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

4 years · 120 credits

Tuition: $264.99 per credit · In-state — Undergraduate tuition, in-state · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

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Department, studios and facilities

As the school describes them. Facilities are campus resources unless the school states that online students can use them.

Department of ArtSource: catalog.atu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Game Lab (Norman Art Building, Room 214)Game lab with Dell Precision workstations (Intel Core i9, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super) in the Norman Art Building.Source: atu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1930
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.” Source: atu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation covers the whole institution. Programmatic accreditation (for example NASAD for an art and design unit) is shown on a program page only when the school names it for that program.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (minors, certificates, degrees without a named game pathway, esports).

Game & Interactive Media Design, Certificate of Proficiency (Certificate of Proficiency)Certificate, not a degree.Source: catalog.atu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Casino and Gaming Industry Management, Technical Certificate (Technical Certificate)Casino/gambling industry certificate, not video-game education.Source: catalog.atu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name: Arkansas Tech University
Control: Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location: 305 West Q Street, Russellville, AR 72801
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 2,440 of 9,487 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

catalog.atu.edu/undergraduate/programs/arts-humanities/art/game-interactive-media-design-bfa/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
atu.edu/art/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
atu.edu/finaid/Est_COA.php — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
atu.edu/humanities/art/docs/Game_Specs.pdf — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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