{"id":12549,"date":"2024-03-28T00:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/clark-is-no-3-in-princeton-reviews-game-design-rankings\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:41:39","slug":"clark-is-no-3-in-princeton-reviews-game-design-rankings","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/clark-is-no-3-in-princeton-reviews-game-design-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark is No. 3 in Princeton Review\u2019s game design rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">BSDT programs rank No. 2 in the Northeast, No. 7 for MFA<\/p>\n            <p><html><body><\/p>\n Clark&rsquo;s interactive media and game design programs are housed in the Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clark University is again home to one of the world&rsquo;s top-ranked game design programs, according to The Princeton Review.<\/p>\n<p>Clark&rsquo;s undergraduate program, offered through the Becker School of Design &amp; Technology, is ranked No. 3 in Princeton Review&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings\/game-design\">Top 50 Schools for Game Design<\/a> nationwide and beyond, while the master of fine arts program was No. 7 on the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings\/game-design\/top-25-game-design-grad\">Top 25 Graduate Schools for Game Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both the undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked No. 2 in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Princeton Review&rsquo;s ranking of game design programs is one of the primary resources used by high school students and their families, as well as college grads, to choose their top-destination undergraduate schools and graduate interactive media programs,&rdquo; says Paul Cotnoir, dean of The Becker School of Design &amp; Technology. &ldquo;It is a huge honor for Clark&rsquo;s game design programs to be positioned so highly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Students attracted to Clark are highly motivated individuals who are most certainly purpose-driven,&rdquo; Cotnoir continues. &ldquo;And Clark&rsquo;s lively studio-based curriculum, which brings the real-world gaming ecosystem into the classroom within a structure of positive social change and interdepartmental collaboration, is absolutely unique among colleges offering game design programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Clark was No. 4 in the 2023 undergraduate rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The Princeton Review&rsquo;s rankings are based on more than 40 data points derived from the company&#8217;s 2023 survey of administrators at 150 schools offering game design courses and\/or degrees. Most of the institutions are in the U.S., with two in Canada and four abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-question survey covered four areas: academics, faculty, technology, and career topics. The Princeton Review website provides detailed information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princetonreview.com\/college-rankings\/game-design\/methodology\">survey methodology and rankings criteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BSDT programs rank No. 2 in the Northeast, No. 7 for MFA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12550,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"#525250","story_headerImg":12550,"section_label":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[223],"displayed_author":[224],"featured":[],"topic":[238,144,302],"class_list":["post-12549","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clark-community","displayed_author-clarknow-staff","topic-becker-school-of-design-technology-at-clark-university","topic-interactive-game-design","topic-rankings-and-recognition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 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