Kansas contains ten schools that offer game design programs. Pittsburg State University, the highest-ranking game design school in KS, has a total student population of 7,277 and is the 1858th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 10 game design schools in Kansas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institutes International–Kansas City comes out as the most expensive ($35,813/yr), with Cloud County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,858/yr.
Game Design students from Kansas 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 Kansas alone, there are 2,870 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $81,070. Computer software engineers, applications in this state earn $72,280/yr and there are 3,090 employed.
Also, within the game design schools in Kansas, the average student population is 2,160 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from game design, there are 2989 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,167 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,054, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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