Video Game Design Schools In Pennsylvania
There are 7 accredited video game design schools in Pennsylvania for faculty who teach video game design classes to choose from. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of video game design and video game design training in Pennsylvania, 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
- Masters degree in Video Game Design
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Professional Trends
Pennsylvania Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| Pennsylvania | 36,230 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Of all of the video game design professionals that work in the US, approximately 3% work in Pennsylvania state.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In Pennsylvania
| 8,610 | 9,200 | 9,250 | 8,710 | 36,230 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Pennsylvania, video game design is a growing field. 27,620 more video game design professionals were working in Pennsylvania in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 321% growth in the field. This is slower 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 Pennsylvania
| $43,300 | $45,960 | $47,820 | $46,725 | $61,862 |
| $44,448 | $45,778 | $47,594 | $49,448 | $50,581 |
| 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 Pennsylvania. In 2006 video game design professionals made a mean salary of $43,300 per year, and in 2010 they made $61,862 per year.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in Pennsylvania
10th percentile |
$35,752 |
25th percentile |
$45,060 |
50th percentile |
$59,120 |
75th percentile |
$74,202 |
90th percentile |
$91,678 |
Thus, video game design professionals' salaries grew by 30% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 156% pay differential between the highest paid video game design professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of video game design in Pennsylvania.
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania
Computer Animation |
$50,180 |
Computer Programming |
$71,290 |
Computer Science |
$74,068 |
Game Design |
$69,492 |
Video Game Design |
$61,862 |
In Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania
associate |
5 |
bachelor |
2 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 9 |
As the number of video game design professionals is increasing in Pennsylvania state, the number of students graduating from the 7 accredited video game design schools in Pennsylvania state is also increasing. In Pennsylvania, there were 161 graduates in 2006. And there were 184 graduates from video game design courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 14% percent increase in the number of video game design school degree or certificate graduates in Pennsylvania. A majority of these graduates, or 56%, graduated with a associate's degree in video game design.