The 10 Best Video Game Design Programs

So you want to design the next Halo or Final Fantasy? Maybe the idea of having the same job as the main character of Grandma's Boy is your dream career.

Well, we can help you figure out how to get there.

The Princeton Review has compiled, for the third year in a row, to name the 10 best undergraduate colleges for studying video game design.

Take a look at the schools, any surprises? Weigh in below!

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[Dane Bruce]

03:14 AM on 11/16/2012

I'm from Portsmouth, Ohio and it's totally kickass to see Shawnee on there. That blew my mind.

[Jason Owens]

09:47 AM on 03/02/2012

Who ever wrote this has no clue of the industry. SMU Guildhall has been in the top spot for a long time now in the video game industry. They have over a 90% placement rate on graduation along with the the biggest companies in the industry scramble to grab graduates from this school. Blizzard, Bioware, EA, Activision, Ubisoft and many many more all recommend the SMU Guildhall to people who ask how to get into the game industry. The main reason is that it is one of the few places that teaches the fundamentals of game design in addition to how to code or do artwork.

[junepei]

05:17 PM on 04/09/2012

probably due to the fact that SMU Guildhall is a masters degree program. this list is for undergraduate schools. there is a separate list for graduate level schools

[junepei]

05:22 PM on 04/09/2012

SMU Guildhall was 5 on the graduate level list

[cuoi]

09:17 AM on 03/02/2012

Full Sail Orlando?

[vigilantemind]

09:14 AM on 03/02/2012

"Take a look at the schools, any surprises?"

Admit it HuffPo, when you wrote that you knew Utah was going to stick out like a sore thumb.

[bluechao]

02:15 AM on 03/02/2012

No Carnegie Mellon?