by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,256 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,849 and $24,337 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in computer programming. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer programming.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The programming school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree programming students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Advancing Technology Computer Programming Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer Programming at Hardin - Simmons
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Texas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Computer Programming at University of Phoenix - Texas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 38 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Computer Programming at Grand Canyon University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Computer Programming Report
Lamar University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Beaumont, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Austin Community College District came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 92 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
Full Austin Community College District Computer Programming Report
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