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Bradley University campus — Bradley University 's Bradley Hall, taken 2006-02-08.
Bradley University 's Bradley Hall, taken 2006-02-08.. Campus photograph. · Photo: AscendedAnathema · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Bradley University

Peoria, ILPrivate nonprofit HLCDepartment of Interactive Media, Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts

Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois offers BA or BS majors in Game Design and Game Art and an MS in Game Development (with an optional Game Programming concentration) through its Department of Interactive Media, Computer Game Technology concentrations in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems, and a Music for Video Games major in the Department of Music.

Game degrees at Bradley University

5 programs verified (4 bachelor's, 1 master'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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Bradley University

Game Design

Bachelor'sBA or BSTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: Peoria, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $43,718 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition (12-16 credit hours per semester) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Bradley University

Game Art

Bachelor'sBA or BSTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Game Art

Field: Game Art
Administering location: Peoria, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $43,718 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition (12-16 credit hours per semester) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Computer Information Systems - Computer Game Technology Concentration

Bachelor'sBA or BSNamed concentration

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems

Concentration in Computer Information Systems (BA or BS) — Computer Game Technology Concentration

Field: Game Programming
Administering location: Peoria, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $43,718 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition (12-16 credit hours per semester) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Computer Science - Computer Game Technology Concentration

Bachelor'sBA or BSNamed concentration

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Concentration in Computer Science (BA or BS) — Computer Game Technology Concentration

Field: Game Programming
Administering location: Peoria, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $43,718 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate full-time tuition (12-16 credit hours per semester) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Bradley University

Game Development

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Game Development

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Peoria, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus. · Full-time
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: three semesters of 10 hours each (plan of study) (Full-time plan of study) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $1,158 per credit · All students — Traditional graduate programs, per semester hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: 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.

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

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1913

    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).
  • Computer Game Technology (Minor)Minor, not a degree.Source: catalog.bradley.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Interactive Media (BA or BS) (Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media)Broad interactive media major without a named game concentration.Source: catalog.bradley.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Game Design (Minor) and Game Project Management (Minor)Minors, not degrees.Source: bradley.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Bradley University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
1501 W BRADLEY AVE, Peoria, IL 61625-0001
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
802 of 5,217 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. catalog.bradley.edu/graduate/programs/master-science-game-development/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. catalog.bradley.edu/programs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  3. catalog.bradley.edu/undergraduate/communications-fine-arts/interactive-media/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  4. catalog.bradley.edu/undergraduate/programs/interactive-media-major/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  5. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  6. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  7. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  8. bradley.edu/academics/departments/interactive-media/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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