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2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

3 Schools Ranked
$5,175 Avg Tuition & Fees*

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Alabama to see which ones had the most popular online basic certificate programs for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Northwest-Shoals Community College

Muscle Shoals, Alabama
52 Total Awards
$4,831 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest-Shoals Community College the most popular school in Alabama for computer science students working on their basic certificate. NW-SCC is a small public school situated in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It awarded 52 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Full-time students from Alabama pay an average of $4,831 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend NW-SCC. Out-of-state students pay an average of $8,521. Around 10% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 43% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

Jefferson State Community College

Birmingham, Alabama
28 Total Awards
$4,920 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Jefferson State Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 28 students in 2020-2021.

In-state students pay an average of $4,920 in tuition and fees if they attend Jeff State full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $8,610. Of those students who received their degree, 29% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 81% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
9 Total Awards
$5,775 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Computer Science Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in Orange Beach, Alabama, the fairly large private for-profit school handed out 9 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Columbia Southern University does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $5,775. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 33% were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Columbia Southern University. Every undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Columbia Southern University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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