GRADUATE RANKINGS
1. New York University
2022 Grads Hired: 75%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $84,000
Faculty: Eric Zimmerman (founder, GameLab), Mitu Khandaker (CEO, Glow Up Games)
Graduates: Robert Meyer (God of War: Ragnarok), Noelle Mazurek (Diablo IV)
2. University of Central Florida
2022 Grads Hired: 88%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $71,133
Faculty: Benjamin Noel (VP & COO, Electronic Arts Tiburon & Origin), Rick Hall (Executive Producer, Electronic Arts)
Graduates: Jeff Riggall (Director of Game Production & Development, Warner Media), Nikki Roth (Senior Technical Artist, Google)
3. Southern Methodist University
2022 Grads Hired: 89%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $78,121
Faculty: Myque Ouellette (Ultima, Ravenblade), Mike Porter (Halo 3, Shadowrun)
Graduates: Jonathan To (narrative lead, Bungie), Chris Schmidt (Bioware)
4. Rochester Institute of Technology
2022 Grads Hired: 93%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $74,429
Faculty: David Schwartz, Flip Philips
Graduates: Steven Van Slyke (co-inventor, OLED), Anna Sweet (CEO, Bad Robot Games)
5. University of Southern California
2022 Grads Hired: 91%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $75,000
Faculty: Ed Zobrist (Epic Games), Marianne Krawcyzk (God of War)
Graduates: Jenova Chen (Journey), Jeff Kaplan (former VP, Blizzard)
6. University of Utah
2022 Grads Hired: 88%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $97,116
Faculty: Joe Barnes (Disney and Epic Games), Roger Altizer (Games Lab)
Graduates: Doug Bowser (president, Nintendo of America), Nolan Bushnell (founder, Atari)
7. Clark University
2022 Grads Hired: 75%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $65,600
Faculty: Jonathan Rudder (Lord of the Rings Online), Ezra Cove (Dungeons and Dragons Online)
Graduates: Katelyn Anthony (QA lead, Riot), William Parker (Wizards of the Coast)
8. DigiPen Institute of Technology
2022 Grads Hired: 74%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $121,100
Faculty: Ellen Guon Beeman (EA, Microsoft, founder: Women in Games International), Claude Comair (co-founder, Nintendo Software Technology)
Graduates: Kim Swift (Xbox Game Studios), Adam Brennecke (Obsidian Entertainment)
9. Abertay University
2022 Grads Hired: 41%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $64,000
Faculty: Joseph deLappe, Ruth Falconer
Graduates: David Jones (creator of Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto), Timea Tabori (Rockstar)
10. Breda University of Applied Sciences
2022 Grads Hired: 81%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $43,500
Faculty: David Wessman (Saints Row, X-Wing series), Mata Haggis (Resident Evil, Dying Light)
Graduates: Jim Hendriks (Ubisoft), Nathalie Jankie (Remedy Entertainment)
11. Michigan State University
2022 Grads Hired: 42%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $62,000
Faculty: Jeremy Gibson Bond (Maxis, Disney), Ricardo Guimaraes (Blizzard)
Graduates: Brian Murray (creative director, EA), Chris Bray (Bethesda)
12. Drexel University
2022 Grads Hired: 90%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $74,000
Faculty: Tony Rowe (LucasArts), Paul Diefenbach (OpenWorlds)
Graduates: Glen Winters (Red Dead Redemption 2), Greg Lebanov (Wandersong, Chicory)
13. The University of Texas at Dallas
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $47,000
Faculty: Nelson Lim (Lucasfilm), Bryon Caldwell (Industrial Light & Magic)
Graduates: Matt Charles (Gearbox)
14. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2022 Grads Hired: 71%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $82,000
Faculty: Brian Moriarty (Infocom Games, founding member of GDC), Keith Zizza (Bioshock Infinite)
Graduates: Michael Gesner (Riot), Jon Radoff (Beamable)
15. University of California Santa Cruz
2022 Grads Hired: 85%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $86,500
Faculty: Katherine Isbister (Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft), Michael John (Spyro)
Graduates: Jon Webb (director of global product strategy, PlayStation), Michael Toy (Rogue)
16. Savannah College of Art and Design
2022 Grads Hired: 63%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $79,278
Faculty: Bastien Lecougge-Deharme, Greg Lyons
Graduates: Harrison Pink (Diablo IV), Matt Ward (Gearbox)
17. Full Sail University
2022 Grads Hired: 37%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $59,000
Faculty: Patrick Kelly (Namco, LucasArts), Miguel Molinari (Arkadium)
Graduates: Jason Citron (creator & CEO, Discord), Kerry Allen (id Software)
18. Northeastern University
2022 Grads Hired: 22%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $80,000
Faculty: Casper Harteveld (Serious Games)
Graduates: Aslanta Chen (PlayStation), Andrew Knollmeyer (Rockstar)
19. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2022 Grads Hired: 60%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $68,400
Faculty: Maurice Suckling (Civ 6, Fortnite)
Graduates: Curtis Priem (co-founder, NVIDIA), Karthik Bala (CEO, Velan Studios)
20. Bradley University
2022 Grads Hired: 80%
Faculty: Aaron Villarreal (Arkane, Blizzard), Ryan McCabe (Insomniac)
Graduates: Renae Radford (cinematics lead, Blizzard), Austin Holt (Amazon Games)
21. American University
2022 Grads Hired: 85%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $80,000
Faculty: Benjamin Stokes (co-founder, Games 4 Change), Andrew Phelps
Graduates: Austin Branion (Amazon Games), Alex Cha (Modern Technology Solutions)
22. Laguna College of Art + Design
2022 Grads Hired: 66%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $84,000
Faculty: Curtiss Murphy (Mobilityware), David Jaloza (2K)
Graduates: Miray Hepguler (Bioware), Andre Thomas (Triseum)
23. University of Wisconsin–Stout
2022 Grads Hired: 20%
2022 Grads Mean Salary: $42,100
Faculty: Dave Beck
Graduates: Chris Grun (DreamWorks), Mae Techmeier (Monolith)
24. University of Malta
2022 Grads Hired: 100%
Faculty: Stefano Gualeni (Something Something Soup Something), Georgios Yannakakis
Graduates: David Chircop (CD Projekt Red), Stylianos Avramidis (Blackbird Interactive)
25. DePaul University
Faculty: Ed Keenan (Midway Games), Brian Schrank (EA, Cartoon Network)
Graduates: Mark Nauta (lead designer, XCOM), Jay Pecho (EA)
