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    University of Silicon Valley

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    • Listing Type: Colleges & Universities
    • Top Majors: Art and Design, Business and Entrepreneurship, Computer and Information Sciences, Music
    • Type: Private, Nonprofit
    • Degrees Awarded: 4 Year + Graduate
    • Campus Setting: Urban
    • Testing Requirements: ACT, SAT, Test Optional
    • Financial Aid: Grants/Scholarships, Work Study
    • Gender: Coed
    • Country: United States
    • In State Tuition: $23,198
    • Out of State Tuition: $23,198
    • Delivery: Day, Residential
    • Religious Affiliation: None
    • CEEB: 4057
    • IPED: 112394
    • Location:San Jose, California
    • Last Updated:August 2024
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    Overview

    University of Silicon Valley (formerly known as Cogswell Polytechnical College) is a prestigious institution offering technology-driven and innovative degree programs. Programs of study include digital art & animation, digital audio technology, entrepreneurship & innovation, engineering, and fire science. Select programs are available at the masters level.

    Located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, USV is an accredited 4-year institution of higher education with a curriculum that fuses art, engineering and entrepreneurship.

    It offers an intimate and stimulating academic environment that enables its acheive. 

    Students can earn a BA degree in:

    • Digital Art & Animation
    • Game Design Art
    • Digital Media Management

    Students can earn a BS degree in:

    • Digital Arts Engineering
    • Digital Audio Technology
    • Game Design Engineering  
    • Software Engineering

    Many USV students have gone on to forge successful careers with many of the world's most renowned companies in the digital media and engineering fields including:

                          • 2K Sports, Adobe
                          • Apple Computer
                          • Cisco Systems
                          • Cryptic Studios
                          • Digidesign
                          • Disney
                          • Dolby Labs
                          • Double Fine Productions
                          • DreamWorks
                          • Electronic Arts
                          • Global VR/Ultracade
                          • Intel
                          • LucasArts
                          • LucasFilm Animation
                          • Microsoft Games Studios
                          • Multiverse Network
                          • Nickelodeon Animation Studio
                          • PDI
                          • Pixar
                          • Sony Computer Entertainment
                          • Sony Pictures Imageworks  
                          • THX