2022 Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Computer Programming is the 166th most popular major in the country with 7,909 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 381 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 general computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general computer programming programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general computer programming program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Computer Programming Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. Belleville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer programming degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Computer Programming students with aid per year to attend SWIC.

Read full report on General Computer Programming at SWIC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer Programming (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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