Bellevue, WA (population: 128,225) has two computer programming schools within its city limits. Bellevue College, the highest ranked school in the city with a computer programming program, has a total student population of 14,010. It is the 4803rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 77th highest in the state of Washington (#1 is University of Washington-Seattle Campus).
Computer Programming students from Bellevue 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 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett Metropolitan area alone, there are 21,730 employed computer software engineers, applications earning an average salary of $95,170. Computer programmers in this area earn $94,120/yr and there are 8,970 employed.
Bellevue lies in King county, which is one of the 24 counties in Washington. Overall, the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett Metropolitan area has 1,404,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $25.60/hr average worker wage, and a $53,240 average annual salary. Thus, about 6.386 out of every 1000 jobs in Bellevue are held by computer programmers, and 15.466/1000 are held by computer software engineers, applications.
Of the 2 computer programming schools in Bellevue, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, City University of Seattle comes out as the most expensive ($19,984/yr) for computer programming students, with Bellevue College as the lowest, reported at only $4,749/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Bellevue |
| Kirkland | WA | 48,153 | 2 | 17.9541 | 117 | 5.7 miles |
| Renton | WA | 66,884 | 4 | 19.959 | 76 | 8.5 miles |
| Seattle | WA | 614,214 | 23 | 23.1541 | 683 | 9.0 miles |
| Tukwila | WA | - | 1 | 9.30665 | 25 | 9.9 miles |
| Bothell | WA | - | 2 | 28.3486 | 26 | 11.4 miles |
| Kent | WA | 84,987 | 1 | 34.1348 | 6 | 15.0 miles |
| Lynnwood | WA | - | 1 | 17.534 | 76 | 16.9 miles |
| Edmonds | WA | 40,568 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.7 miles |
| Federal Way | WA | 84,659 | 2 | 22.1387 | 18 | 21.8 miles |
| Everett | WA | 99,092 | 6 | 27.2101 | 95 | 25.0 miles |
| Fife | WA | - | 1 | 33.1119 | 4 | 26.6 miles |
| Tacoma | WA | 200,855 | 9 | 34.3764 | 293 | 28.0 miles |
| Puyallup | WA | - | 1 | 10.872 | 24 | 29.3 miles |
| South Hill | WA | 63,243 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.2 miles |
| Olympia | WA | 46,257 | 2 | 20.9056 | 57 | 51.7 miles |
| Bellingham | WA | 82,173 | 5 | 30.4386 | 275 | 80.1 miles |
| Aberdeen | WA | - | 3 | 19.6431 | 151 | 88.9 miles |