Illinois contains eight schools that offer video game design programs. Dominican University, the highest-ranking video game design school in IL, has a total student population of 3,909 and is the 263rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 8 video game design schools in Illinois, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($28,726/yr), with Lewis and Clark Community College as the lowest recorded at only $5,268/yr.
Video Game Design students from Illinois 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 Illinois alone, there are 17,290 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $92,050. Computer software engineers, applications in this state earn $90,690/yr and there are 15,610 employed.
Also, within the video game design schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from video game design, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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