Computer Programming at Western Connecticut State University

If you are interested in studying computer programming, you may want to check out the program at Western Connecticut State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and approximately 5,246 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,035 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Connecticut State University in 2021, 9 of them were computer programming majors.

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.

WestConn Computer Programming Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Programming

WestConn Computer Programming Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the programming progam at WestConn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The programming major at WestConn 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Programming Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
	85
Best Value Computer Programming Schools	160
Most Focused Computer Programming Schools	248

Programming Student Demographics at WestConn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Western Connecticut State University.

WestConn Computer Programming Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 programming students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WestConn, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in programming at WestConn are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its programming bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WestConn also has a doctoral program available in programming. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

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 CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500
Computer Programmers	4,110	$93,370
Systems Software Developers	3,560	$102,440
Web Developers	1,210	$78,200
Computer Network Support Specialists	970	$79,880

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.