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Ringling College of Art and Design

Sarasota, FLPrivate nonprofit SACSCOCGame Art department

Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, offers a campus BFA in Game Art that combines 3D art, visual development, game design and a two-year game thesis project. Admission to Game Art is rolling and requires a visual portfolio.

Game degrees at Ringling College of Art and Design

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.

Ringling College of Art and Design

Game Art (BFA)

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Field: Game Art
Administering location: Sarasota, FL
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $2,600 per credit · All students — Part-time enrollment (less than 12 hours), per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: 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.

Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1979

    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.

Scholarships and funding

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

  • Presidential Scholarship Institutional scholarshipCompetitive

    Eligibility: One awarded per major; complete application by February 15

    How to apply: Considered when all admissions materials are submitted by the deadline

    Deadline: February 15 (year not printed)

    Source: ringling.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).
  • Virtual Reality Development BFAVR development degree; title and listing do not name a game concentration or track.Source: ringling.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Computer Animation / 2D and 3D Character Animation BFAAnimation degrees without a named game pathway.Source: ringling.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Ringling College of Art and Design
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
2700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234-5895
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1 of 1,722 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 — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. ringling.edu/academic-catalog/game-art — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  5. ringling.edu/academics/majors/game-art/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. ringling.edu/academics/majors/virtual-reality/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. ringling.edu/admissions/apply/important-dates/ — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026

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