2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Virginia

An associate degree in computer programming is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #42 out of 312 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5 associate degrees in computer programming during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Programming School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of school for getting your associate degree in programming matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Programming in Virginia ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality computer programming program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Computer Programming Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for computer programming.

 

Most Popular Schools for Associate Students to Study Computer Programming in Virginia

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in computer programming.

Most Well Attended Schools for Programming Students Working on Their Associate

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ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA

5 Annual Associate Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in computer programming needs to check out ECPI University. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for associate degrees in computer programming in Virginia.

There were roughly 5 computer programming individuals who graduated with this degree at ECPI University in the most recent data year.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the programming program make around $43,300 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a associate in computer programming from ECPI University

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Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke, VA

Virginia Western Community College is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting an associate degree in computer programming. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Roanoke. More information about a associate in computer programming from Virginia Western Community College

2

American National University
Salem, VA

American National University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting an associate degree in computer programming. American National University is a small private for-profit university located in the suburb of Salem. More information about a associate in computer programming from American National University

Best Computer Programming Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Computer Programming Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	138	58
North Carolina	125	29
Georgia	120	138
Florida	115	338
Arkansas	95	5
West Virginia	93	11
Kentucky	93	0
Louisiana	70	22
South Carolina	69	1
Alabama	68	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Programming

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	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Programming

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	752
Information Technology	691
Computer Science	274
Computer Software & Applications	2
Computer Systems Networking	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to luis gomes. More about our data sources and methodologies.