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2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Data Processing is the 227th most popular major in the country with 2,320 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, data processing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,900 and had an average of $17,482 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 168 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in data processing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent data processing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the data processing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree data processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Bellevue College

Bellevue, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Bellevue, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

BC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,386 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend BC.

Read full report on Data Processing at Bellevue College

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 34 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree data processing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Southern Miss has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Miss is $13,102 for bachelor’s degree data processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Data Processing at University of Southern Mississippi

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 35 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNLV, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNLV is $9,378 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 11 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Capella University is $17,429 for bachelor’s degree data processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Data Processing at Capella University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $10,948 for bachelor’s degree data processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Data Processing at A-State

#6

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa
#6 in overall quality

University of Dubuque ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #6 spot in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Dubuque is $19,369 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Data Processing at University of Dubuque

#7

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

University of San Francisco landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,690 for Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend USFCA.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of San Francisco Data Processing Report

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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