by our College Data Analytics Team
Computer Programming is the #129 most popular major in the country with 5,415,716 bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022. Of those degrees, 1,336,634 went to students in the Southeast region of the United States.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer a bachelor's in programming. To us, 'best value' doesn't just mean the school with the lowest overall costs. We are more focused on programming schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
To determine the average cost, we look at total expenses - such as tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses - and then subtract the average financial award a student receives. Knowing this amount can help you determine how much you may have to borrow in loans or take out of savings. Depending on your income and other factors, the cost for you to attend a particular school may be more or less.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value Programming Schools list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Computer Programming Colleges for the Money.
The #1 spot in this year's ranking belongs to ECPI University. ECPI University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach. ECPI University did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Computer Programming Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
Our rankings recognize Herzing University - Winter Park as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Herzing University - Winter Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.
Herzing University - Birmingham earned the #3 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the suburb of Birmingham, Herzing University - Birmingham is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Read full report on Computer Programming at Herzing University - Birmingham
Kennesaw State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public college with a very large student population.
At KSU Georgia, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.8 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $29,748. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from KSU Georgia is $143,980. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Limestone College earned the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the fringe town of Gaffney, Limestone College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
It takes about 5.1 years for the average student at Limestone College to complete their degree, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $31,686. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Limestone College is $161,282. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
Read full report on Computer Programming at Limestone College
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Georgia State University. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
At Georgia State, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.6 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $33,245. This means that the average student pays around $153,259 to get a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
Full Sail University landed the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value computer programming schools. Full Sail University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Winter Park.
If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Read full report on Computer Programming at Full Sail University
Our rankings recognize Jacksonville University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at JU is 4.3 years, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $32,607. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from JU be around $139,558. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Herzing University - Kenner. Herzing University - Kenner is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Metairie.
When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Computer Programming at Herzing University - Kenner Report
Tulane University of Louisiana earned the #10 spot in our 2024 rankings. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans. Tulane not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Computer Programming Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Tulane is 4.1 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $47,776. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Tulane is about $196,837. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.
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