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University of Advancing Technology

Tempe, AZPrivate for-profit HLC

University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, offers a Bachelor of Arts in Game Design, a Bachelor of Arts in Game Art and Animation, a Bachelor of Science in Game Programming and a Master of Science in Game Production and Management, on campus and through UAT Online. Tuition is a flat rate per semester.

Game degrees at University of Advancing Technology

4 programs verified (3 bachelor's, 1 master's). Dedicated game degrees and officially named game concentrations only; the school may offer related courses or minors that are not degrees.

University of Advancing Technology

Game Design

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: Tempe, AZInstitution 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 policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $10,300 per semester · All students — UAT-Online/Hybrid tuition, per 12-credit semester (2025-2026) · 2025-2026
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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University of Advancing Technology

Game Art and Animation

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Art and Animation

Field: Game Art
Administering location: Tempe, AZInstitution 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 policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $10,300 per semester · All students — UAT-Online/Hybrid tuition, per 12-credit semester (2025-2026) · 2025-2026
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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University of Advancing Technology

Game Programming

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Programming

Field: Game Programming
Administering location: Tempe, AZInstitution 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 policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $10,300 per semester · All students — UAT-Online/Hybrid tuition, per 12-credit semester (2025-2026) · 2025-2026
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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University of Advancing Technology

Game Production and Management

Master'sMS

Master of Science in Game Production and Management

Field: Game Development
Administering location: Tempe, AZInstitution 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 policy not published
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $9,500 per semester · All students — Graduate (master's) tuition, per semester (2025-2026, flat rate) · 2025-2026
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.
  • UAT Game StudiosIndependent game studio and production pipeline that supports game development and gives students the opportunity to ship completed works.Source: uat.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since October 1, 2009

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “UAT states it is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.” Source: uat.edu · 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.

Online enrollment by state

Whether the school can enroll online students from your state, as it publishes it.

State authorization

  • UAT is an approved SARA institution offering hybrid-online classes; enrollment from unapproved states may be restricted.
    Source: uat.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).
  • Associate of Arts/Science in Game Design, Game Art and Animation, Game ProgrammingAssociate degrees are out of scope.Source: uat.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Virtual Reality (BS) (Bachelor of Science in Virtual Reality)Virtual reality degree; title is not game-focused.Source: uat.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Advancing Technology
Control
Private for-profit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
2625 W Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
590 of 960 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 — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. uat.edu/admissions-requirements — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. uat.edu/game-design-degree — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. uat.edu/media/UAT_Catalog_2026_V1_1.pdf — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  7. uat.edu/uat-online — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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