Video game design grad program ranked #15

The Ohio State University is ranked 15th in a new report highlighting the best graduate schools to study video game design.

Compiled by The Princeton Review, one of America's best-known education and admission services companies, the report ranks the top 25 graduate and undergraduate programs. 

"We are very honored to be included as one of the premier universities to perform research and graduate education in video game design,” said Computer Science and Engineering Associate Professor Roger Crawfis, a game design research leader at Ohio State. “The success of our students has been noticed."

Program rankings were based on a survey conducted in 2013-14 of 150 programs at institutions offering video game design coursework and/or degrees in the U.S., Canada, and some countries abroad.

The survey asked schools to report on a range of topics from academic offerings and faculty credentials to graduates employment and professional achievements. Among criteria The Princeton Review weighed to make its selections: school curriculum, faculty, facilities, and infrastructure, plus career services and technology.

"It has long been our mission to help students find—and get into—the schools best for them,” said Princeton Review Senior VP/Publisher Robert Franek. “For students aspiring to become game designers, we highly recommend The Ohio State University as one of the best institutions to study and to launch a career in this exciting field. We also salute the faculty and staff at The Ohio State University and the other schools on our 2014 lists for their exceptional academic and professional contributions to their students and to the industry of game design."

For the second consecutive year, The Princeton Review teamed up with monthly magazine PC Gamer, which features the list in its May issue. The feature has information on some of the schools' degree programs, class offerings, events, prominent professors, and alumni.