Computer Programming is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #129 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for computer programming students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 197 bachelor's degrees in computer programming to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer programming students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of computer programming students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt computer programming students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer programming related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer programming students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Programming Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Programming in New York
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer programming.
Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Programming
Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in computer programming. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the computer programming degree program at Rochester Institute of Technology earn $19,246 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It's difficult to beat Farmingdale State College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer programming. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Farmingdale.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the programming program make about $45,383 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
