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Utah Valley University campus — Campus in the fall
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Utah Valley University

Orem, UTPublic NWCCUDigital Media Department, Smith College of Engineering and Technology

Utah Valley University's Digital Media Department in the Smith College of Engineering and Technology offers a BS in Animation and Game Development with 2D Animation, 3D Animation and Visual Effects, and Game and XR Development tracks. Students are admitted to a track through a portfolio review after completing first-year courses.

Game degrees at Utah Valley University

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.

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Utah Valley University

Animation and Game Development

Bachelor'sBS

Bachelor of Science in Animation and Game Development

Field: Game Development · Game Art
Administering location: Orem, UT
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio required
Duration: Duration not verified · 120 credits
Tuition: Tuition: $3,102 per semester · In-state — Undergraduate, resident, 12.0 credit hours (same through 18 hours), tuition per semester · 2026-2027
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

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1969

    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).
  • Game Sound, Undergraduate CertificateUndergraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: catalog.uvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026
  • Entertainment Design, B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts)Concept art and entertainment design degree; no named game track.Source: catalog.uvu.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Utah Valley University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058-5999
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
6,298 of 44,651 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. catalog.uvu.edu/arts/art-design/entertainment-design-bfa/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  2. catalog.uvu.edu/engineering-technology/digital-media/animation-game-development-bs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  3. catalog.uvu.edu/search/?search=game — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  4. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  5. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  6. DAPIP — NWCCU institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  7. uvu.edu/digitalmedia/game-animation-dev/ — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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