2023 Most Focused Colleges for Computer Programming in Colorado

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 Highly Focused on Programming Major in Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 35 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,313 and $32,424 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Programming Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 2 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Programming Major in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado programming students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Computer Programming in Colorado

1

Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, Colorado

#22 overall quality in Colorado

$53,516 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,176 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Red Rocks Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Programming Major in Colorado list. Lakewood, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s programming degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Computer Programming at Red Rocks Community College

2

Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado

#21 overall quality in Colorado

$38,257 Average Early-Career Earnings

$18,344 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Programming Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Arapahoe Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Littleton, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s programming degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Programming at Arapahoe Community 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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to luis gomes.