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Drexel University

Philadelphia, PAPrivate nonprofit MSCHEAntoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Drexel University in Philadelphia offers a Bachelor of Science in Game Design & Production through the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. The program runs on a quarter calendar with four-year (one co-op) and five-year (three co-op) plans.

Game degrees at Drexel 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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Drexel University

Game Design & Production

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Design & Production

Field: Game Design · Game Development
Administering location: Philadelphia, PA
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: 4 or 5 years (same 12 terms of study; 4-year plan with one co-op, 5-year plan with three co-ops) · 191 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $21,026 per term · All students — Undergraduate full-time, Four- and Five-Year Programs, tuition per term (quarter) · 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.

Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1927

    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).
  • Digital Media MS (Master of Science (MS))Broad digital media master's covering animation, games, immersive media and critical media studies; no formally named game concentration in the catalog.Source: catalog.drexel.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Computer Science BSCS (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science)Generic CS degree; the current catalog mentions upper-level specialization areas including game programming/development and lists game electives, but publishes no formally named game concentration.Source: catalog.drexel.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Drexel University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,310 of 21,703 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Doctoral research beyond game degrees

Broader doctorates at this school where game-related research may be possible. They are not game PhD programs and are not listed as such.

Game studies and doctoral research

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. catalog.drexel.edu/graduate/collegeofmediaartsanddesign/digitalmedia/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. catalog.drexel.edu/undergraduate/computer-information-sciences/computerscience/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  3. drexel.edu/westphal/academics/undergraduate/GDAP/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  4. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  5. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  6. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026

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