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2023 Best Value Computer Programming Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$36,455 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,262 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Programming School for You

With 461 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, computer programming is the #68 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Computer Programming Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for programming students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer Programming Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Programming Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Programming

$6,390 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for computer programming students. Located in the suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Programming Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DePaul are $42,012 per year. After completing their degree, programming graduates from DePaul carry an average student debtload of $26,125. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $560.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer programming schools in Illinois. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UChicago are $60,963 per year.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our Best Computer Programming Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Best Value Computer Programming Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Programming Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 306
Ohio 426
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 249

One of 10 majors within the area of study, computer programming has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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