Missouri contains twelve schools that offer game design programs. Stephens College, the highest-ranking game design school in MO, has a total student population of 1,231 and is the 452nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 12 game design schools in Missouri, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kansas City Art Institute comes out as the most expensive ($23,883/yr), with Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley as the lowest recorded at only $7,679/yr.
Game Design students from Missouri 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 Missouri alone, there are 4,840 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $77,980. Computer software engineers, applications in this state earn $78,380/yr and there are 10,020 employed.
Also, within the game design schools in Missouri, the average student population is 2,183 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from game design, there are 4755 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,482 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,695, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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