Video Game Design Schools In Missouri
Missouri has 6 accredited video game design schools where video game design faculty who teach video game design classes can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of video game design and video game design training in Missouri, which includes 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
Missouri Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| Missouri | 22,960 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Of all of the video game design professionals in the country, nearly 2% are in the state of Missouri.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In Missouri
| 3,930 | 4,120 | 4,450 | 4,460 | 22,960 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Missouri, the field of video game design is growing. In 2010 there were 19,030 more video game design professionals working in Missouri than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of video game design professionals has grown by 484%. 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 Missouri
| $46,995 | $45,695 | $45,110 | $45,895 | $61,585 |
| $43,489 | $45,096 | $45,354 | $45,661 | $46,263 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Video Game Design
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Missouri, as the number of video game design professionals is growing, the salaries earned by video game design professionals are increasing. Video game design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $46,995 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $61,585 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in Missouri
10th percentile |
$35,092 |
25th percentile |
$44,462 |
50th percentile |
$59,170 |
75th percentile |
$75,402 |
90th percentile |
$92,115 |
This represents a 24% growth in salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of Missouri, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of video game design. The pay differential between the highest paid video game design professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 163%
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in Missouri
Computer Animation |
$50,050 |
Computer Programming |
$70,150 |
Computer Science |
$63,882 |
Game Design |
$67,275 |
Video Game Design |
$61,585 |
In Missouri, video game design professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Video Game Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in Missouri
associate |
2 |
bachelor |
4 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 7 |
As the number of video game design professionals is increasing in Missouri state, the number of students graduating from the 6 accredited video game design schools in Missouri state is also increasing. In Missouri, there were 4 graduates in 2006. And there were 89 graduates from video game design courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 2125% percent increase in the number of video game design school degree or certificate graduates in Missouri. Most of these graduates, or 57%, earned an bachelor's degree in video game design.