Michigan State University

East Lansing, MIPublic HLCDepartment of Media and Information, College of Communication Arts and Sciences

Michigan State University offers a Bachelor of Arts in Games and Interactive Media through the Department of Media and Information in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences in East Lansing. The program covers art, design and programming fundamentals of game development alongside game history, social impacts and business, with project-based team coursework.

Game degrees at Michigan 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.

Games and Interactive Media

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Games and Interactive Media

Game-focused Interactive Media · Game Design

East Lansing, MI

On campus

Regular campus attendance

Portfolio policy not published

Duration not verified

Tuition: $16,916 per academic year · In-state — In-state first-year, estimated undergraduate tuition · 2025-2026

Rolling admission (as published)

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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.

Department of Media and Information, College of Communication Arts and SciencesSource: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Department of Media and InformationSource: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Game Development Studio (Room 154)Teaching studio in the Communication Arts & Sciences Building with game development workstations, tablet-enabled monitors, mobile team desks, sound and projection, and a motion capture cage.Source: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) LabLab of game faculty, primarily in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, focused on externally funded research and development work; employs graduate and undergraduate students.Source: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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.

Student Games (GameDev @ MSU) Source: comartsci.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1923
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).

Master of Arts in Media and InformationBroader media and information master's; game studies is described as a focus area, but no formally named game concentration was found on accessible official pages.Source: comartsci.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Serious Games Graduate CertificateGraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: comartsci.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Minor in Game Design and DevelopmentMinor, not a degree.Source: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name: Michigan State University
Control: Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location: East Lansing, MI
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 2,486 of 51,316 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.

Ph.D. in Information and MediaInterdepartmental PhD; listed research areas in Media and Information include human-computer interaction, games and meaningful play. No named game track.Source: gamedev.msu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Game studies and doctoral research

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

admissions.msu.edu/apply/first-year/dates-and-deadlines — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
comartsci.msu.edu/academics/academic-departments/media-information/graduate/master-arts-media-and-in — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
comartsci.msu.edu/academics/academic-departments/media-information/undergraduate/bachelor-arts-games — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
gamedev.msu.edu/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
gamedev.msu.edu/additional-majors/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
gamedev.msu.edu/game-studio/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
gamedev.msu.edu/gel-lab/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
DAPIP — HLC 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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