2022 Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Computer Programming is the 166th most popular major in the country with 7,909 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 381 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general computer programming programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general computer programming program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree computer programming students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming in Illinois

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois list. SWIC is located in Belleville, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s computer programming degrees to qualified students.

SWIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Computer Programming students per year to attend SWIC.

Read more about General Computer Programming at Southwestern Illinois College

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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