Video Game Design Schools In Massachusetts
There are 15 accredited video game design schools in Massachusetts for faculty who teach video game design classes to choose from. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in video game design in the state of Massachusetts, which encompasses video game design training at the following levels:
- Video Game Design Certificate
- Associates degree in Video Game Design
- Bachelors degree in Video Game Design
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Professional Trends
Massachusetts Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| Massachusetts | 38,060 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Approximately 4% of the country's video game design professionals work in Massachusetts state.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In Massachusetts
| 5,710 | 6,160 | 6,540 | 6,290 | 38,060 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Massachusetts, video game design is a growing field. 32,350 more video game design professionals were working in Massachusetts in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of video game design has grown by 567% in Massachusetts. This is faster than the trend for video game design professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of video game design professionals has grown by 384% between 2006 and 2010.
Video Game Design VS. All Professions salaries in Massachusetts
| $47,780 | $50,195 | $52,145 | $54,965 | $75,215 |
| $49,058 | $52,712 | $53,675 | $55,178 | $56,645 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Video Game Design
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of video game design professionals is growing, the salaries paid to video game design professionals are increasing in Massachusetts. In 2006 video game design professionals made a mean salary of $47,780 per year, and in 2010 they made $75,215 per year.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in Massachusetts
10th percentile |
$45,520 |
25th percentile |
$56,062 |
50th percentile |
$72,202 |
75th percentile |
$91,298 |
90th percentile |
$110,838 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 36%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of video game design, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid video game design professionals earning 143% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Massachusetts state.
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in Massachusetts
Computer Animation |
$59,670 |
Computer Programming |
$90,620 |
Computer Science |
$84,324 |
Game Design |
$83,142 |
Video Game Design |
$75,215 |
Video game design professionals in Massachusetts earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Video Game Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in Massachusetts
associate |
2 |
bachelor |
9 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
5 |
| Total | 16 |
The number of students graduating from the 15 accredited video game design schools in Massachusetts is increasing. In 2006, 32 students graduated from video game design courses in Massachusetts. And in 2010, 78 students graduated.
There was an increase in the number of video game design school degree or certificate graduates in Massachusetts by 144%. Most of these graduates, or 56%, earned an bachelor's degree in video game design.