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Boise State University

Boise, IDPublic NWCCUDepartment of Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology (GIMM), College of Arts and Sciences

Boise State University's Department of Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology (GIMM), in the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a 120-credit BS covering game design and development, interactive media and mobile development. The department also offers minors in interactive animation and in interactive film and mixed reality.

Game degrees at Boise State 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.

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Boise State University

Games, Interactive Media, and Mobile Technology

Bachelor'sBS

Bachelor of Science in Games, Interactive Multimedia, and Mobile Technology

Field: Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Development
Administering location: Boise, ID
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $4,894.50 per semester · In-state — Undergraduate, resident, 11-16 credits, per semester (Fall 2026 - Spring 2027) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Department, studios and facilities

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Student work

Official showcases of student games and projects, linked from the school's own pages. We link to them; we do not copy or rate student work.

Accreditation

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since April 1, 1941

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · 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).

Institution

Official name
Boise State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
4,829 of 26,670 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.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  3. DAPIP — NWCCU institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. boisestate.edu/gimm/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. boisestate.edu/gimm/senior-showcase/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. boisestate.edu/gimm/student-information/current-students/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. boisestate.edu/gimm/undergraduate-programs/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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