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Basic Certificate in General Computer Programming

Basic Certificates in General Computer Programming

3,377 Yearly Graduations
26% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 50 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 4.1% of computer programming graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Computer Programming Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 3,377 people earned their basic certificate in computer programming. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in computer programming at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 3,377
Associate Degree 3,161
Bachelor’s Degree 1,945
Undergraduate Certificate 760
Master’s Degree 276
Graduate Certificate 134

Earnings of Computer Programming Majors With Basic Certificates

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

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for computer programming students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in computer programming. About 73.6% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 2,484
Women 893
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The racial-ethnic distribution of computer programming basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 493
Black or African American 282
Hispanic or Latino 791
White 1,412
International Students 139
Other Races/Ethnicities 260
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to computer programming that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Specific Application Programming 1,002
Computer Certifications 267
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Other Computer Programming 29
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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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