Video Game Design Schools In Minnesota
Minnesota has 6 accredited video game design schools where video game design faculty who teach video game design classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in video game design in the state of Minnesota, which encompasses video game design training at the following levels:
- Video Game Design Certificate
- Bachelors degree in Video Game Design
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Professional Trends
Minnesota Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| Minnesota | 26,120 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Of all of the video game design professionals that work in the US, approximately 2% work in Minnesota state.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In Minnesota
| 5,850 | 5,850 | 6,260 | 6,180 | 26,120 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Minnesota, video game design is a growing field. In Minnesota, 20,270 more video game design professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of video game design professionals has grown by 346%. This growth is slower than the change in the number of video game design professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of video game design professionals has grown by 384% from 2006 to 2010.
Video Game Design VS. All Professions salaries in Minnesota
| $42,380 | $46,120 | $46,460 | $48,615 | $63,825 |
| $45,649 | $48,094 | $49,813 | $50,330 | $51,158 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Video Game Design
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to video game design professionals are growing in Minnesota. Video game design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $42,380 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $63,825 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in Minnesota
10th percentile |
$40,568 |
25th percentile |
$48,980 |
50th percentile |
$61,788 |
75th percentile |
$76,202 |
90th percentile |
$91,980 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 34%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of video game design, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid video game design professionals earning 127% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Minnesota state.
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in Minnesota
Computer Animation |
$51,160 |
Computer Programming |
$70,010 |
Computer Science |
$71,236 |
Game Design |
$69,605 |
Video Game Design |
$63,825 |
In Minnesota, video game design professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Video Game Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in Minnesota
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
4 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 6 |
The number of students graduating from the 6 accredited video game design schools in Minnesota is decreasing. In 2006 there were 72 video game design graduates from video game design courses in Minnesota and in 2010 there were 35 graduates.
There was a decrease in the number of video game design school degree or certificate graduates in Minnesota by 51%. A majority of these graduates, or 67%, graduated with an bachelor's degree in video game design.