Video Game Design Schools In New Mexico
There are 8 accredited video game design schools in New Mexico 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 New Mexico, 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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Statistics
Professional Trends
New Mexico Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| New Mexico | 3,010 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Approximately 0% of the country's video game design professionals work in New Mexico state.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In New Mexico
| 770 | 870 | 840 | 890 | 3,010 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of video game design professionals is growing in New Mexico. 2,240 more video game design professionals were working in New Mexico in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of video game design professionals has grown by 291%. 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 New Mexico
| $34,360 | $42,780 | $44,030 | $46,980 | $69,660 |
| $40,511 | $43,009 | $44,801 | $46,220 | $46,794 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Video Game Design
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by video game design professionals is increasing in New Mexico. Video game design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $34,360 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $69,660 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in New Mexico
10th percentile |
$36,020 |
25th percentile |
$49,310 |
50th percentile |
$66,160 |
75th percentile |
$84,897 |
90th percentile |
$105,923 |
Thus, there was a 51% growth in video game design professionals' salaries. 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 194% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in New Mexico state.
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in New Mexico
Computer Programming |
$79,510 |
Computer Science |
$65,950 |
Game Design |
$69,660 |
Video Game Design |
$69,660 |
In New Mexico, video game design professionals make, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Video Game Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in New Mexico
associate |
3 |
bachelor |
2 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
4 |
| Total | 9 |
The number of students graduating from the 8 accredited video game design schools in New Mexico is increasing. In 2006 there were 3 video game design graduates from video game design courses in New Mexico and in 2010 there were 16 graduates.
This represents a 433% increase in the number of video game design degree or certificate school graduates in New Mexico state. A majority of these graduates, or 44%, graduated with a undergraduate certificate in video game design.