Arizona contains thirteen schools that offer game design programs. The Art Institute of Tucson, the highest-ranking game design school in AZ, has a total student population of 346 and is the 2732nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 13 game design schools in Arizona, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Collins College comes out as the most expensive ($43,351/yr), with Central Arizona College as the lowest recorded at only $7,459/yr.
Game Design students from Arizona schools who go on to become video game engineers, game designers, video game designers, game developers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 495,500 people working as computer software engineers, applications alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,170. Also, Computer software engineers, systems software make on average $96,620 per year and there are about 385,200 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 6,680 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $84,070. Computer software engineers, applications in this state earn $84,680/yr and there are 6,820 employed.
Also, within the game design schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from game design, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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