Colleges Offering Computer Game Design Majors

Computer games are your life. You love playing them, reading about them, maybe have even fiddled a bit with designing them. But you can't major in computer game design, right? Wrong. There are actually quite a few game design programs at colleges across the U.S. and the number of programs is growing. For instance, the University of California Santa Cruz just announced the launch of a new computer game design program this month.

A good place to start tracking down other game design programs is the International Game Designers Association which maintains a list of Colleges offering game design programs. Want to know more about possible career paths in the Computer game industry? There's an excellent article written by someone in the industry here. On the same site, Gamasutra.com, you'll also find tons of interesting articles describing what it's like to major in game design, how to choose a program, and how to land your first job.