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2025 Best Computer Programming Schools in Minnesota

5 Colleges in Minnesota
308 Programming Degrees Awarded
$51,196 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in computer programming, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #108 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Programming Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 308 degrees in computer programming annually.

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Choosing a Great Computer Programming School

Best Computer Programming Schools in Minnesota Your choice of computer programming school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer programming schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Computer Programming Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Programming
Bachelor's Degrees in Programming

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 Best Computer Programming Schools in Minnesota list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Computer Programming in Minnesota

The schools below may not offer all types of programming degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Minnesota Schools in Programming

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
62 Programming Degrees Awarded
$55,069 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in computer programming has to check out Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 25th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were roughly 62 computer programming students who graduated with this degree at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in the most recent data year. Those computer programming students who get their degree from Minneapolis Community and Technical College earn $3,873 more than the average programming grad.

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2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In MN

Any student who is interested in computer programming needs to take a look at Dakota County Technical College. DCTC is a small public college located in the rural area of Rosemount. A Best Colleges rank of #649 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DCTC is a great college overall.

There were approximately 16 computer programming students who graduated with this degree at DCTC in the most recent data year.

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Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In MN
9.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in computer programming needs to take a look at Saint Paul College. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Saint Paul College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 43rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were roughly 11 computer programming students who graduated with this degree at Saint Paul College in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MN

St Cloud Technical and Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer programming. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public college located in the city of Saint Cloud. A Best Colleges rank of #665 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means St Cloud Technical and Community College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 23 computer programming students who graduated with this degree at St Cloud Technical and Community College in the most recent data year.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MN

Located in the rural area of Fergus Falls, M State is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 34th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were approximately 13 computer programming students who graduated with this degree at M State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Computer Programming Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Computer Programming Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Missouri 283 269
Kansas 266 237
Iowa 264 130
Nebraska 238 72
South Dakota 204 20

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One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Programming has other similar majors worth exploring.

Programming Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Computer Programming 220
App Specific Computer Programming 88

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Majors Similar to Programming

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 1,364
Information Technology 950
Computer Information Systems 936
Computer Software & Applications 295
Computer Systems Networking 248
Computer Systems Analysis 153
Information Science 119
Data Processing 26
Data Entry 6

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