Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has fifty game design schools within a 2500-mile radius of its city center. University of San Francisco, the highest ranked school in this group with a game design program, has a total student population of 9,008. It is the 221st highest ranked school in the USA and the 21st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Game Design students from Honolulu 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 Honolulu area alone, there are 420 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average salary of $85,240. Computer software engineers, applications in this area earn $72,050/yr and there are 720 employed.
Honolulu lies in Honolulu county, which is one of the 4 counties in Hawaii. Overall, the Honolulu area has 430,700 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,760 average annual salary. Thus, about 2 out of every 1000 jobs in Honolulu are held by computer software engineers, applications, and 1/1000 are held by computer software engineers, systems software.
Of the 50 game design schools with a 2500-mile radius of Honolulu, only 25 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, CSI Career College comes out as the most expensive ($44,912/yr) for game design students, with De Anza College as the lowest, reported at only $3,899/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Honolulu |
| Kaneohe | HI | - | 1 | 8.23652 | 2 | 6.2 miles |
| Pearl City | HI | - | 2 | 22.3389 | 25 | 12.4 miles |