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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing in California (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
85 Degrees Awarded
$26,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,320 people earned their degree in data processing, making the major the 227th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across California, there were 97 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great data processing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the data processing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing in California (With Aid)

#1

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 83 masters’s data processing degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA also made our “Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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