Computer Programming and Data Processing

STEM

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Early Career Income

$79,754

Lifetime Income

$4.04M

Unemployment rate

4.5%

Female share

32.4%

Occupation concentration

52.4%

in top 10 occupations

Remote work share

41.0%

% who double-major

27.4%

BA Graduates from 2024

6,549

+0.8% vs 2023

How Computer Programming and Data Processing compares

Ranked against every other major nationally.

59th

percentile

Lifetime income

Higher than 59% of majors

10th

percentile

Unemployment

Lower unemployment than 10% of majors

69th

percentile

Occupation concentration

More concentrated than 69% of majors

Top occupations

See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.

Degree titles included in this major

These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Computer Programming and Data Processing.

Computer Programming/Programmer, General
Computer Programming, Specific Applications
Computer Programming, Vendor/Product Certification
Computer Game Programming
Computer Programming, Specific Platforms
Computer Programming, Other
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
Computer Graphics
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other

Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology