2025 Best Data Processing Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
247Data Processing Degrees Awarded
$38,103Avg Early-Career Salary
Data Processing isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #225 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for data processing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 247 degrees in data processing to qualified students.
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The data processing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Data Processing rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for data processing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The data processing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Data Processing Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Build structured databases, explore big data and learn how to clean data in Southern New Hampshire University's online bachelor's in computer science with a concentration in data analysis.
Best Schools for Data Processing in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of data processing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Data Processing
University of San Francisco is a good choice for students interested in a degree in data processing. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USFCA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 85 data processing students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent data year.
Bellevue College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in data processing. Located in the midsize city of Bellevue, BC is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 11th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 70 data processing students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent year we have data available. Those data processing students who get their degree from Bellevue College receive $43,789 more than the average data processing student.
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It is hard to beat University of Nevada - Las Vegas if you wish to pursue a degree in data processing. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 48 data processing students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the data processing program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas earn $6,328 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The data processing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Data Processing rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for data processing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
