2024 Best General Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
18
Colleges in the Southeast Region
710
Associate Degrees
Ranked #48 in popularity,
general computer programming is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 18 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for general computer programming students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 710 associate degrees in general computer programming during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Computer Programming School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of general computer programming for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general computer programming students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general computer programming students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- 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.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general computer programming related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general computer programming students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The computer programming school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.