Top 25 Game Design: Grad

Our Top Graduate Programs for Video Game Design list is based on institutional survey data, including quality of lab facilities, faculty credentials, career outcomes, and more.

#1

University of Central Florida

  • Orlando, FL
#2

University of Southern California

  • Los Angeles, CA
#3

New York University

  • Brooklyn, NY
#4

Southern Methodist University (SMU)

  • Plano, TX
#5

University of Utah

  • Salt Lake City, UT
#6

DigiPen Institute of Technology

  • Redmond, WA
#7

Abertay University

  • Dundee, United Kingdom
#8

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester, MA
#9

Michigan State University

  • East Lansing, MI
#10

Becker College

  • Worcester, MA
#11

Laguna College of Art and Design

  • Laguna Beach, CA
#12

Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Rochester, NY
#13

The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Richardson, TX
#14

Drexel University

  • Philadelphia, PA
#15

American University 

  • Washington, DC
#16

University of Malta

  • Msida, Malta
#17

University of California—Santa Cruz

  • Santa Clara, CA
#18

Savannah College of Art and Design

  • Savannah, GA
#19

Breda University of Applied Sciences 

  • Breda, Noord-Brabant (Netherlands)
#20

Full Sail University  

  • Winter Park, FL
#21

DePaul University

  • Chicago, IL
#22

University of Wisconsin—Stout

  • Menomonie, WI
#23

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Troy, NY
#24

University of Miami

  • Coral Gables, FL
#25

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, MA