Vocational Programs for Software Developers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
1,657K	$66.40	$138,110

The role of Software Developers is to research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs The average annual wage of the occupations is $138,110 and $66 per hour. 18 vocational programs could be taken for the Software Developers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,656,880 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Software Developers is $16,529. The average length of the programs is 573 hours and the average completion time is 11.20 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Software Developers Career

The following 18 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Software Developers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Software Developers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Artificial Intelligence	13	$17,995	$4,700	-	-
Information Technology	266	$25,509	$1,581	1,147 Hours	11.83 Months
Informatics	8	-	-	-	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	315	$4,976	$955	340 Hours	5.50 Months
Computer Programming, Specific Applications	131	$16,995	-	520 Hours	5.00 Months
Computer Programming, Vendor/Product Certification	33	-	-	-	-
Computer Game Programming	6	-	-	-	-
Computer Programming, Specific Platforms	6	$16,200	$3,810	720 Hours	6.00 Months
Information Science/Studies	85	-	-	1,080 Hours	10.50 Months
Computer Science	63	-	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	14	-	-	-	-
Cloud Computing	32	$17,500	$2,250	68 Hours	17.00 Months
Computer Engineering	6	-	-	1,152 Hours	18.00 Months
Computer Software Engineering	7	-	-	-	-
Computer Software Technology/Technician	13	-	-	37 Hours	9.00 Months
Mathematics and Computer Science	4	-	-	-	-
Accounting and Computer Science	3	-	-	-	-
Data Science, General	14	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Software Developers

The following 721 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Software Developers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.