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Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GAPrivate nonprofit SACSCOCSchool of Creative Technology – Interactive design and game development

Savannah College of Art and Design offers a BA and a BFA in game development and an MA and an MFA in interactive design and game development through its School of Creative Technology; each degree is listed for Atlanta, Savannah and SCADnow online. SCAD accepts applications year-round with quarterly start terms.

Game degrees at Savannah College of Art and Design

4 programs verified (2 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.

Savannah College of Art and Design

B.A. in game development

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Development

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Savannah, GAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required.
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verified
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified · 180 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $14,325 per term · All students — Full-time undergraduate student (3 courses, 15 hours of credit per quarter) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Savannah College of Art and Design

B.F.A. in game development

Bachelor'sBFAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Savannah, GAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required.
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verified
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified · 180 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $955 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, 1 credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Savannah College of Art and Design

M.A. in interactive design and game development

Master'sMA

Master of Arts in Interactive Design and Game Development

Field: Game Development · Game-focused Interactive Media
Administering location: Savannah, GAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required.
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verified
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified · 45 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $977 per credit · All students — Graduate, 1 credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: Rolling admission (as published)
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Savannah College of Art and Design

M.F.A. in interactive design and game development

Master'sMFA

Master of Fine Arts in Interactive Design and Game Development

Field: Game Development · Game-focused Interactive Media
Administering location: Savannah, GAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Online (on-site requirements not stated)The institution offers the degree online but its pages do not say whether any on-site activity is required.
Campus attendance: Campus attendance not verified
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified · 90 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $14,655 per term · All students — Full-time graduate student (3 courses, 15 hours of credit per quarter) · 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, 2005

    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.

Student services

Services the school publishes. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Tutoring

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).
  • Concept art for games minor; Interactive design and game development minorMinors are out of scope.Source: scad.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Savannah College of Art and Design
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
342 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31402-3146
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1,739 of 17,575 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. scad.edu/academics/online-learning — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. scad.edu/academics/programs/interactive-design-and-game-development — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. scad.edu/admission/tuition-and-fees — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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