Dallas, TX (population: 1,304,930) has three computer programming schools within its city limits. Richland College, the highest ranked school in the city with a computer programming program, has a total student population of 18,201. It is the 5555th highest ranked school in the USA and the 315th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Computer Programming students from Dallas 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 13,210 employed computer software engineers, applications earning an average salary of $95,190. Computer programmers in this area earn $85,210/yr and there are 10,100 employed.
Dallas lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 4.932 out of every 1000 jobs in Dallas are held by computer programmers, and 6.451/1000 are held by computer software engineers, applications.
Of the 3 computer programming schools in Dallas, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Mountain View College comes out as the most expensive ($6,816/yr) for computer programming students, with El Centro College as the lowest, reported at only $5,469/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Dallas |
| Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 10.0 miles |
| Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 11.6 miles |
| Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 12.6 miles |
| Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.2 miles |
| Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 15.8 miles |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 16.1 miles |
| University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 17.4 miles |
| Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 18.0 miles |
| Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
| Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.2 miles |
| Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 22.1 miles |
| Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.9 miles |
| Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.3 miles |
| Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.9 miles |
| Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 25.4 miles |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 26.6 miles |
| Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.4 miles |
| Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 32.4 miles |
| Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 33.3 miles |
| Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 35.8 miles |
| Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 51.2 miles |
| Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 86.4 miles |
| Tyler | TX | 101,017 | 4 | 24.7884 | 222 | 91.4 miles |
| Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 92.6 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 98.1 miles |