Computer Programming
12,387 students earn a computer programming credential each year across 483 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $50,242
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $82,894
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Bachelor's programs — 86 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah661—1 year out——2Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho194—1 year out——3University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah147—1 year out——4DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois129$72,2341 year out$96,002$25,4975Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York129$45,3831 year out$70,046$21,5006Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey117$41,7991 year out—$25,0007Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas82$57,1621 year out—$28,0008ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia82$49,6141 year out$76,225$38,0789University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio79—1 year out——10Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska74$69,2541 year out$79,386$26,10811Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona59$52,1901 year out—$26,70212University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan48$80,8301 year out$117,020$19,72313Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia42$42,6681 year out$70,704$25,21414Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont41—1 year out——15Neumont College of Computer ScienceSalt Lake City, Utah36—1 year out——16Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington35—1 year out——17Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California33—1 year out——18Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York28$83,8751 year out—$27,00019North Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington26—1 year out—$19,50420New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island25$72,5951 year out$93,851$38,13321Southwestern CollegeWinfield, Kansas23$56,3051 year out—$6,50022University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio23$64,3111 year out—$25,79123Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio22—1 year out——24SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York18—1 year out——25Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan17—1 year out$95,210—26Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio17—1 year out——27University of Advancing TechnologyTempe, Arizona16$38,5761 year out$79,507$30,56228Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut15—1 year out——29University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri15—1 year out——30Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York15—1 year out——31Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington14—1 year out——32Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware13$35,5511 year out——33Universidad Adventista de las AntillasMayaguez, Puerto Rico13—1 year out——34Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia12—1 year out——35Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas12—1 year out——36Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah12—1 year out——37Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida10$67,5391 year out$81,925$37,37238Capella UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota10—1 year out——39University of Silicon ValleySan Jose, California9—1 year out——40Gannon UniversityErie, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——41Morningside UniversitySioux City, Iowa8—1 year out——42Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia7—1 year out——43Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois7—1 year out——44SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York7—1 year out——45University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio7—1 year out——46NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico7—1 year out$39,908—47Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana6$46,7191 year out$54,243$38,29348Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbilene, Texas6—1 year out——49Cascadia CollegeBothell, Washington6—1 year out——50Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, Missouri5—1 year out——51EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico5—1 year out——52University of California-IrvineIrvine, California4—1 year out——53Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida4—1 year out——54Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——55Caribbean University-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico4—1 year out——56Husson UniversityBangor, Maine4—1 year out——57Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California3—1 year out——58Herzing University-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin3$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05059Caribbean University-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico3—1 year out——60Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut2—1 year out——61Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois2—1 year out——62Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana2—1 year out——63Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts2—1 year out——64Herzing University-AkronAkron, Ohio2$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05065Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, Ohio2—1 year out——66EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San SebastianSan Sebastian, Puerto Rico2—1 year out——67Herzing University-New OrleansMetairie, Louisiana2$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05068University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona2$74,1511 year out$77,496$49,21169Herzing University-AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia1$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05070University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois1—1 year out——71Capitol Technology UniversityLaurel, Maryland1—1 year out——72Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——73Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota1—1 year out——74Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio1—1 year out$67,584—75Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——76Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina1—1 year out——77Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas1—1 year out——78Herzing University-OrlandoWinter Park, Florida1$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05079Dewey University-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——80Herzing University-BrookfieldBrookfield, Wisconsin1$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05081Herzing University-BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama0$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05082Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan0—1 year out$81,984—83Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, Minnesota0$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,05084Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina—$79,8191 year out—$19,50085DigiPen Institute of TechnologyRedmond, Washington—$102,5801 year out$120,534$27,00086Herzing University-KenoshaKenosha, Wisconsin0$50,2421 year out$82,894$31,050
Associate programs — top 100 of 292 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California159—1 year out——2San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas139—1 year out——3Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California126—1 year out——4Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio90—1 year out——5Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas80—1 year out$73,198$19,8726St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri63—1 year out——7Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa62—1 year out——8Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida60$36,6011 year out$67,499$14,0709Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas56$53,8301 year out$53,870$21,90810College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois54—1 year out——11Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas54—1 year out——12Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri52$46,8041 year out$73,681$11,03813Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon50—1 year out$58,557$24,25014Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia47—1 year out$57,528—15Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia47—1 year out——16Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin46$44,6731 year out$62,722$18,00017Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida44—1 year out——18Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit, Michigan43—1 year out——19Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio39$55,9961 year out$80,893$12,73620Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California38—1 year out——21Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan36—1 year out——22College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada36—1 year out——23Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin36$54,6521 year out$74,964$13,81224ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia36$41,2051 year out$60,401$26,87825Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida33—1 year out——26Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri33$37,0741 year out$43,409$14,02927Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California32—1 year out——28Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California31—1 year out——29Sierra CollegeRocklin, California30—1 year out——30Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey30—1 year out$68,836—31Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania30$42,6401 year out—$22,20332Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin30—1 year out——33Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia29$35,2841 year out$78,089$6,50034Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California28—1 year out——35Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan27—1 year out——36Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan27—1 year out——37Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio27$33,9371 year out$59,496—38Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas27$32,0741 year out$58,190—39American River CollegeSacramento, California26—1 year out——40St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida26—1 year out$57,864$19,50041Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio26—1 year out$75,665—42State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri25—1 year out——43CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York25—1 year out$63,881—44Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas24—1 year out——45Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida23—1 year out——46Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota23$55,0691 year out$81,914$22,60047Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio23—1 year out——48Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island23$33,7811 year out—$11,00049Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California22—1 year out——50Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida22—1 year out——51Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida22$42,7101 year out—$18,26252Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri22—1 year out$62,755—53Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin22—1 year out$69,015—54Bryan UniversityTempe, Arizona21—1 year out——55Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington21—1 year out——56Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California20—1 year out——57Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida20$39,0981 year out—$15,10058Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa20$63,5591 year out$71,535$12,00059Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa20$39,2161 year out$62,374$15,73760Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts20—1 year out——61Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan20—1 year out——62Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey20—1 year out——63Yuba CollegeMarysville, California19—1 year out——64Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin19—1 year out——65Laney CollegeOakland, California18—1 year out——66Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan18—1 year out——67Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California17—1 year out——68Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado17—1 year out——69Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida17—1 year out——70Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington17—1 year out——71Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida16—1 year out——72Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois16—1 year out——73Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan16—1 year out$64,888—74Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi16—1 year out——75Ranken Technical CollegeSaint Louis, Missouri16$43,5731 year out$58,852$13,32576New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16—1 year out$73,645$16,46677Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida15—1 year out——78Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida15—1 year out$59,182—79Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota15—1 year out——80Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio15—1 year out——81San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas15—1 year out——82Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan14—1 year out—$14,16583Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan14—1 year out$52,664$15,13884College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York14—1 year out——85Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon14—1 year out$46,956—86Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota14$53,8741 year out—$14,82787Bellevue CollegeBellevue, Washington14—1 year out——88Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas14$32,4731 year out$41,898$17,75089Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa13—1 year out——90Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota13—1 year out——91Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada13—1 year out——92Grayson CollegeDenison, Texas13—1 year out——93South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympia, Washington13—1 year out——94Tallahassee State CollegeTallahassee, Florida12—1 year out——95Danville Area Community CollegeDanville, Illinois12—1 year out——96Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota12—1 year out——97Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi12—1 year out$39,971—98Moberly Area Community CollegeMoberly, Missouri12—1 year out——99Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey12—1 year out——100Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio12—1 year out$52,291—
Certificate programs — top 100 of 299 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas439—1 year out—$21,4462Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas316$43,7271 year out$64,460$19,1073Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida281—1 year out——4Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana181—1 year out——5Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California157—1 year out——6Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia151—1 year out——7Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah146—1 year out——8Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas145$37,2501 year out—$11,8849Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas126—1 year out——10Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California124—1 year out——11Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan115—1 year out——12University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona110$60,4961 year out$90,303$14,43113Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah108—1 year out——14Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa94—1 year out——15College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois81—1 year out—$7,81216Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio77—1 year out——17North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota70—1 year out——18Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon70—1 year out$65,818—19Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio63—1 year out——20Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio62—1 year out——21Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi59—1 year out——22St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida56—1 year out—$13,27423Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa56—1 year out——24De Anza CollegeCupertino, California55—1 year out——25Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona52—1 year out——26Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia47—1 year out——27DSDTDetroit, Michigan46—1 year out——28Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio44—1 year out——29Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida42—1 year out$76,035$14,25030Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida42—1 year out——31Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota42—1 year out——32Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi42—1 year out——33Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida40—1 year out——34Cascadia CollegeBothell, Washington40—1 year out——35City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California38—1 year out——36Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia38—1 year out——37Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio37—1 year out——38Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas36—1 year out——39Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado35—1 year out——40Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California34—1 year out——41Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan33—1 year out——42Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois32—1 year out——43Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois31—1 year out——44Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California30—1 year out——45Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California30—1 year out——46Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri30—1 year out$42,537$9,89947Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin30—1 year out——48Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California28—1 year out——49Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California27—1 year out——50Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi27—1 year out——51Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma27—1 year out——52Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah27—1 year out——53Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida26—1 year out——54Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio26—1 year out——55Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia26—1 year out——56Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma26—1 year out——57San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California24—1 year out——58Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida24—1 year out——59Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont24—1 year out—$26,43760Reedley CollegeReedley, California22—1 year out——61Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan22—1 year out——62Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island22—1 year out——63Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah22—1 year out——64Norco CollegeNorco, California21—1 year out——65William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida20—1 year out——66Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa20—1 year out——67East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina20—1 year out——68Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington20—1 year out——69Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington20—1 year out——70Bryan UniversityTempe, Arizona19—1 year out——71Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California19—1 year out——72Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois19—1 year out——73South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana19—1 year out——74Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida18—1 year out——75Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia18—1 year out——76Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin18—1 year out$65,188—77Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California17—1 year out——78Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida17—1 year out——79Tallahassee State CollegeTallahassee, Florida17—1 year out——80Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon17—1 year out——81San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas17—1 year out——82ABCO TechnologyLos Angeles, California17—1 year out——83Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma16—1 year out——84Southwest Technical CollegeCedar City, Utah16—1 year out——85Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia16—1 year out——86Lorenzo Walker Technical CollegeNaples, Florida15—1 year out——87Suncoast Technical CollegeSarasota, Florida15—1 year out——88Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia15—1 year out——89Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas15—1 year out——90MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California14—1 year out——91College of San MateoSan Mateo, California14—1 year out——92Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida14—1 year out——93Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, Georgia14—1 year out——94Flint Hills Technical CollegeEmporia, Kansas14—1 year out——95St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri14—1 year out——96Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California13—1 year out——97Yuba CollegeMarysville, California13—1 year out——98Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan13—1 year out——99Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington13—1 year out——100Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin13—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).