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Basic Certificates in Computer Programming

4,106 Yearly Graduations
26% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with male students, and about 41% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 4.3% of programming graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Programming Majors

In 2020-2021, 4,106 basic certificates were awarded to programming majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in programming at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 4,106
Associate Degree 3,843
Bachelor’s Degree 2,330
Undergraduate Certificate 1,170
Master’s Degree 378
Graduate Certificate 112

Earnings of Programming Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for programming majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in programming. About 73.7% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 3,026
Women 1,080
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The racial-ethnic distribution of programming basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 484
Black or African American 411
Hispanic or Latino 612
White 2,006
International Students 176
Other Races/Ethnicities 417
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to programming that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems 13,119
Information Technology 9,366
Computer Systems Networking 7,456
Computer Software Applications 2,753
Other Computer Sciences 844

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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