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Webster University

Saint Louis, MOPrivate nonprofit HLCSchool of Communications, Department of Media Arts

Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, offers a Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and Development through the Media Arts Department of its School of Communications, available only at the St. Louis main campus. The program is team-focused and portfolio-oriented, and Webster is an Unreal Engine Academic Partner for the program.

Game degrees at Webster 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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Webster University

Game Design and Development

Bachelor'sBAFirst-year entryTransfer entry

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and Development

Field: Game Design · Game Development
Administering location: Saint Louis, MO
Delivery: On campusClasses meet on campus.
Campus attendance: Regular campus attendance
Portfolio: Portfolio policy not published
Duration: Average time to complete degree: 4 years
Tuition: Tuition: $500 per credit · All students — Part-time undergraduate tuition (U.S. locations and online) · 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

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1925

    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).
  • Interactive Digital Media (BA) (Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Digital Media)Interactive media degree with game courses among electives but no named game concentration.Source: webster.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
Webster University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
470 E Lockwood Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63119-3194
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,403 of 7,606 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. webster.edu/catalog/current/undergraduate-catalog/majors/game-design-and-development-ba.html — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  5. webster.edu/catalog/current/undergraduate-catalog/majors/interactive-digital-media-ba.html — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
  6. webster.edu/communications/ba-game-design-development.php — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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