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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of programming skills on computer science education students’ effectiveness in web design. In higher institution. The study was guided by four specific objectives, four research questions and four null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive research design was adopted in the study. The population consisted of 155 computer science education students of University of Uyo, Calabar, Port Harcourt, AKSU and CRUTECH final year 0f 2018/2019 academic session. A total of 80 respondents constituted the sample size for the study. A 20 item questionnaire developed by the researcher tagged “programming skills needs of computer science education students for effective web designing questionnaire (PSNCESEWDQ)” was validated by three experts in the department of vocational education, University of Uyo. The reliability coefficient was 0.78. Mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research questions while t-test analysis was used in answering the research hypotheses. The finding of the study indicated that there is significant influence of programming skills on computer science education students’ effectiveness in web designing in higher institution. Based on these findings, it was concluded that there is significant influence of programming language, algorithm; analytical thinking and mathematics skills in computer science education students’ effectiveness in web design. It was recommended among others that students should be encouraged to take their programming courses seriously in order to acquire programming skills that can facilitate their effectiveness in web design.