2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Arkansas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Computer Programming is the 108th most popular major in the country with 11,939 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,629 and had an average of $27,450 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 40 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,707 and $16,924 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer programming. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer programming.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas

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

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Arkansas

1

Arkansas State University - Mountain Home
Mountain Home, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Mountain Home. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas list. Arkansas State University - Mountain Home is located in Mountain Home, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.

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2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

#11 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Computer Programming at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

3

Arkansas State University - Beebe
Beebe, Arkansas

#19 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Beebe. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas. Located in Beebe, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s programming students in 2020-2021.

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Arkansas State University Mid-South
West Memphis, Arkansas

#14 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University Mid-South. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Programming Major in Arkansas list. West Memphis, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s programming degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Programming at Arkansas State University Mid-South

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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