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2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
203 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Computer Programming is the 121st most popular major in the country with 10,756 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,886 and had an average of $26,222 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,065 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,967 and $22,664 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 203 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in computer programming. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer programming programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer programming program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree programming students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2019-2020.

FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,053 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Programming students with aid per year to attend Fort Hays State University.

Full FHSU Computer Programming Report

#2

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 54 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,616 for plains states region bachelor’s degree programming students with aid per year to attend Bellevue University.

Read full report on Computer Programming at Bellevue University

#3

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMSL, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMSL is $9,435 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Programming students with aid.

Read full report on Computer Programming at UMSL

#4

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Metropolitan State University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 7 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State also made our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,225 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Programming students with aid per year to attend Metro State.

Full Metropolitan State University Computer Programming Report

#5

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 14 bachelors’s programming degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Capella University is $17,619 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Programming students with aid.

Read full report on Computer Programming at Capella University

#6

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa
#7 in overall quality

Grand View University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Grand View University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grand View University is $19,826 for plains states region bachelor’s degree programming students with aid.

Read more about Computer Programming at Grand View University

#7

Southwestern College

Winfield, Kansas

Southwestern College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Programming Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Winfield, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s programming degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

SC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SC is $23,507 for plains states region bachelor’s degree programming students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Computer Programming at Southwestern 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

  • *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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