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Champlain College

Burlington, VTPrivate nonprofit NECHEGame Studio Experience

Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, offers seven on-campus game majors that share a team-based Game Studio Experience, and its online division, Champlain College Online, offers online bachelor's degrees in Game Development and Interactive Game Design.

Game degrees at Champlain College

8 programs verified (8 bachelor's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

Champlain College

Game Design

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio optional
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Champlain College

Interactive Game Design (online)

Bachelor'sBSTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Interactive Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: Burlington, VTInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully online (verified)All coursework is online and the institution states that no on-site attendance is required. · Flexible pace
Campus attendance: No required physical attendance (verified)
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: 3 years, 4 months (With 2 courses per term) · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $342 per credit · All students — Online undergraduate tuition, Fall '26 - Summer '27 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: December 29, 2026 · Spring 2027 (term A, begins Jan 11)
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Champlain College

Interactive Narrative for Games & Digital Media

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Interactive Narrative for Games & Digital Media

Field: Game Design · Game-focused Interactive Media
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Champlain College

Game Development (online)

Bachelor'sBSTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Development

Field: Game Development · Game Programming
Administering location: Burlington, VTInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required. · Flexible pace
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verified
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: 3 years, 4 months (With 2 courses per term) · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $342 per credit · All students — Online undergraduate tuition, Fall '26 - Summer '27 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: December 29, 2026 · Spring 2027 (term A, begins Jan 11)
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Champlain College

Game Production Management

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Production Management

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Champlain College

Game Sound Design

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Sound Design

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Champlain College

Game Art

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Field: Game Art
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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Champlain College

Game Programming

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Programming

Field: Game Programming
Administering location: Burlington, VT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $49,500 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate tuition (on campus) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 15, 2026 · Fall 2027
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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

  • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since September 26, 1990

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “Champlain College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).” Source: online.champlain.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.

Scholarships and funding

School-wide awards the school publishes. Program pages list awards specific to a program.

  • Merit scholarships Institutional scholarship

    Eligibility: First-year applicants to on-campus programs; considered automatically with the admission application.

    How to apply: No separate application.

    Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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 Programming minorMinor, not a degree.Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Interactive Game Design (Associate of Science) (Associate of Science in Interactive Game Design)Associate degree.Source: online.champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Animation (BFA)Animation degree without a named game pathway.Source: champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Digital Media (online BS) (Bachelor of Science in Digital Media)Broader digital media degree with game courses but no named game concentration on the program page.Source: online.champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Esports Management (online BS)Esports management, not game design.Source: online.champlain.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Champlain College
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
163 S Willard St, Burlington, VT 05401
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1,546 of 3,328 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. online.champlain.edu/about/accreditation-accolades — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. online.champlain.edu/degrees-certificates — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. online.champlain.edu/degrees-certificates/bachelors-digital-media — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. online.champlain.edu/degrees-certificates/bachelors-game-development — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. DAPIP — NECHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  8. champlain.edu/academics/learning-approach/experiential-learning/game-studio/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  9. champlain.edu/academics/learning-approach/experiential-learning/game-studio/game-senior-show/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  10. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/animation/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  11. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/game-design/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  12. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/game-production-management/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  13. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/game-programming/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  14. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/game-sound-design/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  15. champlain.edu/academics/undergraduate-academics/degrees-programs/interactive-narrative-for-games-dig — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  16. champlain.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/first-year-applicants/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  17. champlain.edu/admissions/portfolio-submissions/game-design/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026

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