Video Game Design Schools In Washington State
Washington State has 7 accredited video game design schools where video game design faculty who teach video game design classes can find employment. The trends in Washington State's video game design academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in video game design includes video game design training at the following levels:
- Associates degree in Video Game Design
- Bachelors degree in Video Game Design
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Professional Trends
Washington State Vs. National Video Game Design Employment
| Washington State | 41,740 |
| National | 1,051,700 |
Of all of the video game design professionals in the country, nearly 4% are in the state of Washington State.
Employment Growth for Video game design professionals In Washington State
| 4,690 | 5,290 | 5,820 | 5,710 | 41,740 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Washington State, video game design is a growing field. 37,050 more video game design professionals were working in Washington State in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 790% growth in the field. 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 Washington State
| $49,230 | $51,590 | $55,325 | $57,225 | $74,192 |
| $48,545 | $50,054 | $51,159 | $52,682 | $54,489 |
| 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 Washington State. Video game design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $49,230 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $74,192 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Video game design professionals in Washington State
10th percentile |
$47,218 |
25th percentile |
$58,778 |
50th percentile |
$71,670 |
75th percentile |
$88,938 |
90th percentile |
$107,202 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 34%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. There is a 127% 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 Washington State.
Average Salaries for Video game design professionals and related professions in Washington State
Computer Animation |
$62,250 |
Computer Programming |
$90,090 |
Computer Science |
$77,028 |
Game Design |
$81,142 |
Video Game Design |
$74,192 |
In Washington State, 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 Washington State
associate |
3 |
bachelor |
5 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 8 |
As the number of video game design professionals is increasing in Washington State state, the number of students graduating from the 7 accredited video game design schools in Washington State state is also increasing. In 2006 there were 24 video game design graduates from video game design courses in Washington State and in 2010 there were 147 graduates.
This represents a 513% increase in the number of video game design degree or certificate school graduates in Washington State state. A majority of these graduates, or 63%, graduated with an bachelor's degree in video game design.