MS in Interactive Entertainment (FIEA - Programming) at UCF

or

MS in Game Design and Development

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MS in Interactive Entertainment (FIEA - Programming) at UCF

or

MS in Game Design and Development at RIT

Money no constraint. After graduating job priority. Already have some experience in Game Dev.

Thanks

Debdip banerjee · Answer

@archit9969 hey archit, first of all congratulations on getting admits from 2 best universities in our field.
 last year I had a same confusion on ucf  vs utah. At the end I choose utah. Ucf-fiea is amazing but their only problem is that they're not STEM accredited. So you'll not get 3 years OPT extension to get h1b visa. After Ms you'll only get 1 year so 1 chance(maybe 2 hardly) to get h1b visa h1b lottery. If not then either you'll have to come back to india or move to any other countries like most of ucf alumni does. But some get lucky too, so they get the h1b on first chance.

About me, I couldn't get any bank loans for ucf due to it's non STEM issue, so I choose Utah which deffered for fall 20 and will be joining on fall 21. 

So if getting a job is your thing, ucf & rit are great,both will give  you plenty opportunities to get jobs and you'll get one if you are valuable enough. But if you ask me, due to UCF's non stem issue, RIT is little better choice I believe. Cause RIT is STEM. But if any day UCF becomes STEM, as they're trying to get the stem accreditation for FIEA, UCF would be a number 1 choice between these 2.

Ps. This is totally my opinion but the facts are true. So choose wisely cause we are international students, so financial is big issue. If you want to talk about this more, here's my LinkedIn profile. Feel free to reach out.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/debdip-banerjee-07

yeshwanth sai · Answer

Isn't the course in University of Utah come under Master of Arts? And not a Master of Sciences degree? 

Also, if someone can help me with a small list of universities that offer Game development as a STEM course and as a MS degree, it's highly appreciated :)