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Computer Programming at Columbia College Chicago

Computer Programming at Columbia College Chicago

If you plan to study computer programming, take a look at what Columbia College Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Programming section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Computer Programming Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Programming

Columbia Computer Programming Rankings

The programming major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Programming. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Programming Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Computer Programming Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of programming bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in programming at Columbia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in programming.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

If you plan to be a programming major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia College Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming 6

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Computer Programmers 11,350 $91,860
Computer Network Support Specialists 9,940 $65,830
Web Developers 5,180 $74,420

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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