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The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey it conducted of 150 programs at institutions offering video game design courses and/or degrees in the United States, Canada and some countries abroad. The survey took place in the fall. Among the surveyed schools, The Princeton Review found undergrads are earning an average starting salary of $58,000, a 20 percent increase from last year and 28 percent more than the average salary for all 2014 undergrads.
Students studying game design at these schools also find professional achievement while still in school. Forty-eight percent of undergrads and 66 percent of grad students work on a game that is shipped before they graduate. The Princeton Review also reported a companion list of top 25 undergraduate schools to study game design for 2014. Sacred Heart was the only school in Connecticut to make either list.
“For students aspiring to work in the burgeoning field of game design, these are truly the ‘cream of the crop’ institutions from which to launch a career,” said Robert Franek, The Princeton Review’s senior vice president/publisher. “Some are nationally known universities; others have well-deserved reputations within their regions. All are renowned for their exceptional faculties and awesome, state-of-the-art facilities. Collectively, these schools have graduated legions of the industry’s most successful video game designers, developers, artists and entrepreneurs.”
The Princeton Review teamed up with PC Gamer, a monthly magazine published by Future plc, as its reporting partner on this project. PC Gamer’s May issue has a feature on the ranking lists detailing many of the schools’ unique programs, class offerings, prominent professors and alumni. The issue lands in subscriber mailboxes this week and on newsstands March 31.
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