Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has three computer programming schools within its city limits. ITT Technical Institute-Oklahoma City, the highest ranked school in the city with a computer programming program, has a total student population of 431. It is the 5390th highest ranked school in the USA and the 123rd highest in the state of Oklahoma (#1 is Oklahoma City University).
Computer Programming students from Oklahoma City schools who go on to become computer programmers, computer security specialists, computer support specialists, computer technicians, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 367,880 people working as computer programmers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $74,690. Also, Computer software engineers, applications make on average $90,170 per year and there are about 495,500 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oklahoma City area alone, there are 1,160 employed computer software engineers, applications earning an average salary of $67,070. Computer programmers in this area earn $56,040/yr and there are 1,520 employed.
Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.688 out of every 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City are held by computer programmers, and 2.056/1000 are held by computer software engineers, applications.
Of the 3 computer programming schools in Oklahoma City, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, ITT Technical Institute-Oklahoma City comes out as the most expensive ($21,920/yr) for computer programming students, with Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City as the lowest, reported at only $5,899/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oklahoma City |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 7.9 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 13.7 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 14.9 miles |
| Norman | OK | 109,682 | 3 | 32.5918 | 201 | 19.2 miles |
| El Reno | OK | - | 2 | 15.8225 | 75 | 25.4 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 50.3 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 51.9 miles |
| Ada | OK | - | 3 | 41.9631 | 159 | 67.3 miles |
| Weatherford | OK | - | 2 | 18.0217 | 135 | 67.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 68.1 miles |
| Lawton | OK | 87,265 | 4 | 24.3174 | 114 | 79.2 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 88.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 92.0 miles |