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2023 Best Value Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$28,897 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Programming Graduate Certificate School for You

Computer Programming is the #110 most popular major in the country with 11,939 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for programming students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the programming graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer Programming

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for computer programming students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a great value for computer programming students working on their graduate certificate. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Teaneck.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FDU are $10,722 a year.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer programming schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer programming schools in the United States. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harvard also did well on our Best Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for computer programming students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Colorado State also is in the top 20% of our Best Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Computer Programming Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 per year.

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Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for computer programming students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

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Computer Programming is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Programming

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • 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.

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