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 | ||||||
| 1 | MIT | 6.00, 6.01 | ||||||
| 1 | Stanford | CS106A | ||||||
| 1 | UC Berkeley | CS61A | CS10 | |||||
| 5 | UIUC | CS103 | CS125 | CS101 | CS101 | |||
| 6 | Cornell | CS1110 | CS1112 | |||||
| 6 | U.Washington | CSE140 | CSE142 | |||||
| 8 | Princeton | COS126 | ||||||
| 9 | Georgia Tech | CS1301, CS1315 | CS1371 | |||||
| 9 | UT Austin | CS105 | CS312 | |||||
| 11 | Caltech | CS1 | ||||||
| 11 | U. Wisconsin Madison | CS302 | CS202 | |||||
| 13 | UCLA | CS31 | ||||||
| 13 | U. Michigan | EECS182 | EECS182, 183 | |||||
| 15 | Columbia | ENGI E1006 | COMS W1004-1 | COMS W1005-1 | ||||
| 15 | UCSD | CSE8A | CSE7 | CSE5A | ||||
| 15 | U. Maryland - College Park | CMSC 198C,D,E | CMSC131 | |||||
| 18 | Harvard | CS50 | ||||||
| 19 | U. Penn | CIS 110, 120 | ||||||
| 20 | Brown | CSCI0931 | CSCI0150 | CSCI0040 | 0170,0190
|
0080 | ||
| 20 | Purdue | CS17700 | CS18000 | CS15900 | CS15800, CS15900 | |||
| 20 | Rice | COMP 140 | ||||||
| 20 | USC | CSCI 101 | CSCI 103 | CSCI 103 | ||||
| 20 | Yale | CS112 | ||||||
| 25 | Duke | CompSci 101 | ||||||
| 25 | UMass Amherst | CMPSCI 119 | CMPSCI 121 | |||||
| 25 | UNC Chapel Hill | Comp 110 | Comp 401 | |||||
| 28 | Johns Hopkins | EN600.107 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 34 | U. Chicago | CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 | CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 | CMSC 12100, 12200, 12300 | CMSC 10500, 11500 | |||
| Total | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
