Oregon contains one school that offers video game design programs. The Art Institute of Portland has a total student population of 1,925 and is the 3395th highest ranked school in America.
Video Game Design students from Oregon 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 Oregon alone, there are 1,980 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $94,630. Computer software engineers, applications in this state earn $88,740/yr and there are 7,890 employed.
Also, within the video game design schools in Oregon, the average student population is 2,645 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from video game design, there are 2428 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,810 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,147, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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