by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 1,347 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,014 and $25,350 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 314 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 10 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.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. SC is a small school located in Winfield, Kansas that handed out 50 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. Fort Hays State University is a public institution located in Hays, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 154 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Valley College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri Valley College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marshall, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Herzing University - Minneapolis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. Herzing University - Minneapolis is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 2 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Herzing University - Minneapolis Computer Programming Report
Metropolitan State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Metropolitan State University is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Metropolitan State University Computer Programming Report
Capella University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s programming students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Programming Major in the Plains States Region list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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