Python是美国大学计算机科学系入门课程最受欢迎的编程语言。计算机科学系Top10中有8家Top39中24家，在入门课程中教授Python。三
家最大的
MOOC网络课程服务商edX、Coursera和Udacity也全都提供了Python入门编程语言。Top39中最流行的入门课程编程语言分别
是：Python、Java、MATLAB、C++、C、Scheme和Scratch。 
| Rank |
University |
Python |
Java |
MATLAB |
C++ |
C |
Scheme |
Scratch |
| 1 |
Carnegie Mellon |
15-110, 15-112 |
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| 1 |
MIT |
6.00, 6.01 |
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| 1 |
Stanford |
|
CS106A |
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| 1 |
UC Berkeley |
CS61A |
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CS10 |
| 5 |
UIUC |
CS103 |
CS125 |
CS101 |
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CS101 |
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| 6 |
Cornell |
CS1110 |
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CS1112 |
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| 6 |
U.Washington |
CSE140 |
CSE142 |
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|
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| 8 |
Princeton |
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COS126 |
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|
| 9 |
Georgia Tech |
CS1301, CS1315 |
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CS1371 |
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| 9 |
UT Austin |
CS105 |
CS312 |
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| 11 |
Caltech |
CS1 |
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| 11 |
U. Wisconsin Madison |
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CS302 |
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CS202 |
| 13 |
UCLA |
|
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CS31 |
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| 13 |
U. Michigan |
EECS182 |
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EECS182, 183 |
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|
|
| 15 |
Columbia |
ENGI E1006 |
COMS W1004-1 |
COMS W1005-1 |
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|
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| 15 |
UCSD |
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CSE8A |
CSE7 |
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CSE5A |
|
|
| 15 |
U. Maryland - College Park |
CMSC 198C,D,E |
CMSC131 |
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|
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|
|
| 18 |
Harvard |
|
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|
CS50 |
|
|
| 19 |
U. Penn |
|
CIS 110, 120 |
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|
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| 20 |
Brown |
CSCI0931 |
CSCI0150 |
CSCI0040 |
|
|
0170,0190
|
0080 |
| 20 |
Purdue |
CS17700 |
CS18000 |
CS15900 |
|
CS15800, CS15900 |
|
|
| 20 |
Rice |
COMP 140 |
|
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| 20 |
USC |
CSCI 101 |
|
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CSCI 103 |
CSCI 103 |
|
|
| 20 |
Yale |
|
CS112 |
|
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|
|
| 25 |
Duke |
CompSci 101 |
|
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|
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|
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| 25 |
UMass Amherst |
CMPSCI 119 |
CMPSCI 121 |
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|
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| 25 |
UNC Chapel Hill |
Comp 110 |
Comp 401 |
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|
|
| 28 |
Johns Hopkins |
|
EN600.107 |
|
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|
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| 29 |
NYU |
CSCI-UA.2 |
CSCI-UA.0101 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 29 |
Penn State |
|
|
|
CMPSC 121 |
|
|
|
| 29 |
UC Irvine |
CSE 41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 29 |
U. Minnesota |
CSci 1001 |
CSci 1901 |
|
|
|
CSci 1901 |
|
| 29 |
U. Virginia |
CS 1120 |
CS 1110, 1111 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 34 |
Northwestern |
EECS110 |
|
|
|
EECS110 |
EECS111 |
|
| 34 |
Ohio State |
|
CSE201 |
CSE 205 |
CSE 202 |
|
|
|
| 34 |
Rutgers |
|
CS111 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 34 |
UC Davis |
ECS 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 34 |
UC Santa Barbara |
CS8 |
|
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|
|
|
|
| 34 |
U. Chicago |
CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 |
CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 |
|
CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 |
|
CMSC 10500, 11500 |
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| Total |
|
27 |
22 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
3
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