HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.,
Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- College
Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates
publisher rankings and student reviews, has published its first
ever ranking of the Best Online Master's in Game Design.
The game design industry was experiencing rapid and enormous
growth leading up to shutdowns due to the global Covid-19 pandemic,
which then went into overdrive when masses of people forced to stay
home began to search for additional ways to engage virtually.
According to an article published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the occupational outlook for game designers is a growth
rate of a minimum of 4 percent between 2019 and
2029.
We have ranked the 25 Best Online Master's in
Game Design according to the following metric: cost,
reputation, student success rate.
The Best Online Master's in Game Design program for 2021 is the
Master in Computer Science at Columbia
University in the City of New
York, followed by the MS in Computer Science: Game
Development at the University of Southern
California, and the MS in Game Science and Design at
Northern University.
Other schools in the ranking include (in ranking order):
University of
Wisconsin-Stout--Cross-Disciplinary MFA Design
Boston University--MS in Software
Development
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--MS in Critical Game Design
University of Baltimore--MS in
Interaction Design and Information Architecture
East Carolina University--MS in
Software Engineering
Brandeis University--Master of Software
Engineering
Lewis University--MS in Computer
Science: Software Engineering
DePaul University--MS in Game
Programming
Kennesaw State University--MS in
Software Engineering
Pace University--MS in Software
Development and Engineering
Liberty University--MS in IT: Software
Design Management
University of Advancing Technology--MS
in Game Production
Lindenwood University--MA in Game
Design
University of California, Santa
Cruz--MS in Games & Playable Media or MS in Serious
Games
University of Houston, Clear Lake--MS
in Software Engineering
University of Miami--MFA in Interactive
Media
Full Sail University--MS in Mobile Gaming
Walden University--MS in Software
Engineering
Southern New Hampshire University--MS
in Information Technology: Software Application Development
Academy of Art University--MFA in Game
Development
Savannah College of Art &
Design--MA in Interactive Design and Game Development
ECPI University--MS in Systems Engineering: Software
Engineering
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