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New York University

New York, NYPrivate nonprofit MSCHENYU Game Center (Department of Game Design, Tisch School of the Arts)

New York University offers a BFA and an MFA in Game Design through the NYU Game Center, the Department of Game Design at the Tisch School of the Arts, and an MS in Games for Learning through the Steinhardt School. All three are campus programs in New York City.

Game degrees at New York University

3 programs verified (1 bachelor's, 2 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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New York University

Game Design (BFA)

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: New York, NY
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: four-year · 128 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $75,326 per academic year · All students — Tisch School of the Arts, undergraduate students (two semesters, full-time) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: November 1, 2026 · First-year applicants (term not printed)
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New York University

Game Design (MFA)

Master'sMFA

Master of Fine Arts in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: New York, NY
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus. · Full-time
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: two years, full-time · 60 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $41,451 per term · All students — Tisch graduate, 12 to 18 credits, per term (estimate based on 2025-2026 rate) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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New York University

Games for Learning (MS)

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Games for Learning

Field: Game Design
Administering location: New York, NY
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus. · Full-time and part-time
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio optional
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
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

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1921

    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).
  • Integrated Design & Media (BS)Tandon media degree; game design appears only among upper-level electives, no named game track.Source: bulletins.nyu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Integrated Design & Media (MS)Tandon media master's; game design is one possible elective area, no named game track.Source: bulletins.nyu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Computer Science (BS), TandonGeneric CS degree; games available only as a Game Engineering minor.Source: bulletins.nyu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
New York University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
70 Washington Sq South, New York, NY 10012-1091
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
3,462 of 57,335 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. bulletins.nyu.edu/graduate/engineering/programs/integrated-design-media-ms/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. bulletins.nyu.edu/undergraduate/engineering/programs/computer-science-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  3. bulletins.nyu.edu/undergraduate/engineering/programs/integrated-design-media-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  4. gamecenter.nyu.edu/about/ — Official program page, 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 — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  8. steinhardt.nyu.edu/degree/ms-games-learning/how-apply — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026

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