San Antonio, TX (population: 1,402,013) has four computer programming schools within its city limits. ITT Technical Institute-San Antonio, the highest ranked school in the city with a computer programming program, has a total student population of 729. It is the 3684th highest ranked school in the USA and the 188th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Computer Programming students from San Antonio 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 San Antonio area alone, there are 1,730 employed computer software engineers, applications earning an average salary of $85,680. Computer programmers in this area earn $72,740/yr and there are 1,760 employed.
San Antonio lies in Bexar county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the San Antonio area has 837,030 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $18.25/hr average worker wage, and a $37,970 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.100 out of every 1000 jobs in San Antonio are held by computer programmers, and 2.067/1000 are held by computer software engineers, applications.
Of the 4 computer programming schools in San Antonio, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, ITT Technical Institute-San Antonio comes out as the most expensive ($22,407/yr) for computer programming students, with San Antonio College as the lowest, reported at only $3,422/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Antonio |
| Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 33.7 miles |
| Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 55.5 miles |
| Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 74.4 miles |
| Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 83.3 miles |
| Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 86.3 miles |
| Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 95.8 miles |