Fresno, CA (population: 490,930) has two video game design schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Modesto Junior College, the highest ranked school in this group with a video game design program, has a total student population of 18,410. It is the 4950th highest ranked school in the USA and the 475th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about video game design programs in Fresno, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of video game design professors at Modesto Junior College such as Evin Yadegar.
Video Game Design students from Fresno schools who go on to become video game designers, game developers, video game developers, video game engineers, 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 Fresno area alone, there are 80 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average salary of $69,370. Computer software engineers, applications in this area earn $82,240/yr and there are 320 employed.
Fresno lies in Fresno county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Fresno area has 323,470 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $40,460 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Fresno are held by computer software engineers, applications, and 0/1000 are held by computer software engineers, systems software.
Of the 2 video game design schools with a 100-mile radius of Fresno, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Gavilan College comes out as the most expensive ($7,829/yr) for video game design students, with Modesto Junior College as the lowest, reported at only $6,882/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Fresno |
| Hanford | CA | 51,853 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.1 miles |
| Visalia | CA | 127,444 | 7 | 18.6498 | 161 | 40.6 miles |
| Merced | CA | 78,579 | 3 | 29.789 | 150 | 52.4 miles |
| Porterville | CA | 53,185 | 1 | 11.8615 | 42 | 65.3 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 85.9 miles |
| Sonora | CA | - | 1 | 10.5858 | 57 | 89.4 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 89.9 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 95.8 miles |