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Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, ILPrivate nonprofit HLCSchool of Design

Columbia College Chicago offers a BA in Game and Interactive Media Design in its School of Design, with Game Design, Game Programming, Software Development and UX/UI concentrations, and a Game Art concentration within the BA in Animation and Computer Graphics in its School of Film and Television. Admission is test-free with no application fee; game applicants submit concentration-specific portfolio materials.

Game degrees at Columbia College Chicago

2 programs verified (2 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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Columbia College Chicago

Game and Interactive Media Design

Bachelor'sBATransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game and Interactive Media Design

Field: Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Design
Administering location: Chicago, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Estimated semesters to complete this degree plan: 8 (Four-year student degree plan (15 credits per semester)) · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $37,390 per academic year · All students — Full-time undergraduate tuition and fees, annual (first term fall 2025 or later) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 1, 2026 · Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 (all terms, 2027 applicants)
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Columbia College Chicago

Animation and Computer Graphics, Game Art Concentration

Bachelor'sBANamed concentration

Bachelor of Arts in Animation and Computer Graphics

Concentration in Bachelor of Arts in Animation and Computer Graphics — Game Art

Field: Game Art
Administering location: Chicago, IL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Estimated semesters to complete this degree plan: 8 (Four-year student degree plan) · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $37,390 per academic year · All students — Full-time undergraduate tuition and fees, annual (first term fall 2025 or later) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 1, 2026 · Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 (all terms, 2027 applicants)
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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.

Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1974

    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).
  • Game Design (Minor), Game Art (Minor), Fashion for Game Art (Minor)Minors, not degrees.Source: colum.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Columbia College Chicago
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
600 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605-1996
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
54 of 6,529 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 — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. colum.edu/academics/programs — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. colum.edu/academics/programs/game-art.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. colum.edu/student-financial-services/where-to-start/tuition-fees/2026-27-undergradnew.html — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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