Las Vegas, NV (population: 570,083) has two video game design schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The Art Institute of Las Vegas, the highest ranked school in this group with a video game design program, has a total student population of 1,346. It is the 2932nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 11th highest in the state of Nevada (#1 is Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences). To learn more about video game design programs in Las Vegas, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of video game design professors at The Art Institute of Las Vegas such as Kevin Anderson, Ken Cioe, Chris Desmarais, Randolf Dimalanta, Brett Escott, and Amanda Farrar.
Video Game Design students from Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas-Paradise area alone, there are 770 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average salary of $83,430. Computer software engineers, applications in this area earn $76,160/yr and there are 1,020 employed.
Las Vegas lies in Clark county, which is one of the 8 counties in Nevada. Overall, the Las Vegas-Paradise area has 858,540 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $19.26/hr average worker wage, and a $40,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.192 out of every 1000 jobs in Las Vegas are held by computer software engineers, applications, and 0.902/1000 are held by computer software engineers, systems software.
Of the 2 video game design schools with a 100-mile radius of Las Vegas, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Las Vegas comes out as the most expensive ($31,267/yr) for video game design students, with International Academy of Design and Technology as the lowest, reported at only $23,726/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Las Vegas |
| North Las Vegas | NV | 236,574 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.1 miles |
| Henderson | NV | 265,681 | 11 | 16.4924 | 250 | 17.5 miles |
| Bullhead City | AZ | 41,377 | 0 | - | 0 | 84.6 miles |