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Wichita Falls, Texas has 5 accredited schools offering software development programs, with tuition ranging from $3,720 to $21,149 per year for indexed programs. Wichita Falls has a population of about 102,558. Median household income is $58,568 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 25.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Wichita Falls, TX metro area, the top-earning software development-related role is Software Developer at a median $108,260 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer software development programs near Wichita Falls, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Wichita Falls city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Wichita Falls. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Texas schools on the Texas software development page.
Wichita Falls is part of the Wichita Falls, TX metro area (BLS area code 48660). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Texas statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | $108,260 | Wichita Falls, TX | $120,961 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester | $101,850 | TX statewide | $113,799 |
| Computer Programmer | $99,330 | TX statewide | $110,983 |
| Computer Systems Analyst | $85,250 | Wichita Falls, TX | $95,251 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 102,558 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $58,568 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 25.0% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 89.5 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering software development programs near Wichita Falls. The closest is Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX (2.3 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Texas Woman’s University (93.4 miles). 4 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying software development-related roles near Wichita Falls are: Software Developer ($108,260), Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester ($101,850), Computer Programmer ($99,330). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Texas statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Lawton, OK is 49.4 miles from Wichita Falls and has its own set of local software development programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Wichita Falls’s median household income of $58,568 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Wichita Falls while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Texas public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
