| The last 20 years or so have been huge for home | | | | The Art Institute is a nationwide network of schools |
| video gaming. You can do almost anything in a video | | | | that offers everything from fashion design to cooking. |
| game these days, from racing in a Grand Prix to | | | | But as the fastest growing art related field, computer |
| cooking breakfast. And because you've grown up | | | | animation and specifically video game design have |
| playing them, and video game design is such a hot | | | | made the Art Institute one of the best schools to get a |
| market right now, you might be looking into how you | | | | degree in the art of video games. |
| can get into the field and help to create some of the | | | | Not only do they offer an online school, which includes |
| most entertaining video games around. | | | | separate programs in Animation Programming and a |
| Lucky for you, there are a number of schools that | | | | Game Art and Design Program, there's also the option |
| offer courses in video game design. And the number | | | | of extending your schooling and receiving a Bachelor's |
| of traditional schools offering video game design | | | | degree, something many of the technical colleges don't |
| programs is growing every year. It's a hot market and | | | | offer. Tuition for the Art Institute, if you attend a |
| it takes more than just a computer science degree | | | | physical branch is fairly high, comparable to out of |
| anymore to get into it. While you can always look into | | | | state tuition at a major university. The online school is a |
| 3D design and computer programming at any major | | | | cheaper option but will still cost you about $1200 per |
| university, there are some schools that you'll be able to | | | | course. |
| find almost anywhere that offer specific courses in | | | | ITT Technical Institute is another one of those very |
| video game design. | | | | commonly heard names that pops up constantly on |
| Devry is a school that most have probably heard of | | | | the TV, and one that offers a video game design |
| and might at first shun because of its mass marketed | | | | specific program that will prepare you for entry level |
| approach to schooling. But with its video game design | | | | work in less than 3 years. ITT has 85 locations, so it's |
| program, Devry offers specific, targeted courses that | | | | easy to find, but you'll be paying full tuition like many of |
| prepare the potential video game designer for exactly | | | | the other private institutes listed, comparable to out of |
| what they'll be working on. | | | | state tuition in most states. |
| You'll take courses in game specific math and physics, | | | | For those that complete a two-year course in video |
| computer animation, and design mechanics that are all | | | | game design, it's possible to come out of school and |
| focused directly to video game related topics. The | | | | immediately find a job making video games. And for |
| result is a school that doesn't just teach you about 3D | | | | those getting a four year degree, it's almost |
| animation, but about 3D animation in video games. | | | | guaranteed you'll land an entry-level job designing the |
| Devry will be comparable to a major university in cost | | | | games of tomorrow. The video game design market is |
| though, operating independently as they do, nearly | | | | hotter than ever right now, and it's becoming easier |
| $14,000 a year for full tuition. | | | | and easier to get in at the ground floor. |