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University of Silicon Valley

San Jose, CAPrivate for-profit WSCUCGame Design & Development

The University of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California (founded in 1887 as Cogswell Polytechnical College) offers a BA in Game Design, a BS in Game Engineering and a BA in Game Art through its Game Design and Development area, each available on campus or 100% online. The university's website shows it accepting applications.

Game degrees at University of Silicon Valley

3 programs verified (3 bachelor'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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University of Silicon Valley

Game Design

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design

Field: Game Design
Administering location: San Jose, CAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully online (verified)All coursework is online and the institution states that no on-site attendance is required.
Campus attendance: No required physical attendance (verified)
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $674 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, online, per credit
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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University of Silicon Valley

Game Art

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Art

Field: Game Art
Administering location: San Jose, CAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully online (verified)All coursework is online and the institution states that no on-site attendance is required.
Campus attendance: No required physical attendance (verified)
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $674 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, online, per credit
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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University of Silicon Valley

Game Engineering

Bachelor'sBSFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Science in Game Engineering

Field: Game Programming · Game Development
Administering location: San Jose, CAInstitution location, not a residency requirement
Delivery: Fully online (verified)All coursework is online and the institution states that no on-site attendance is required.
Campus attendance: No required physical attendance (verified)
Portfolio: Portfolio not required (stated)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: Tuition: $674 per credit · All students — Undergraduate, online, per credit
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.

Accreditation

  • WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since February 28, 1977

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

The university states: “Accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC); approved to operate by the California BPPE.” Source: usv.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

  • Approved/exempt for distance education in AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, ID, IL, IA, LA, ME, MO, NV, ND, NH, NJ, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT and WA.
    Source: usv.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).
  • BA in Digital Art & Animation (Bachelor of Arts in Digital Art & Animation)Animation degree without a named game pathway on the program page.Source: usv.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Diploma in Game AudioDiploma, not a degree.Source: usv.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Silicon Valley
Control
Private for-profit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
191 Baypointe Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
143 of 392 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 — WSCUC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. usv.edu/academics/ba-digital-art-animation — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. usv.edu/academics/ba-game-design — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. usv.edu/academics/bs-game-engineering — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. usv.edu/admissions/freshmen — Official admissions page, verified October 12, 2026
  8. usv.edu/admissions/tuition-fees — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026

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University of Silicon Valley Game Design Degrees (Bachelor's)