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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 229 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,700 and $10,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

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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Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s data processing degrees to qualified students.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Full George Washington University Data Processing Report

#2

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fordham University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Bronx, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s data processing degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham University are $23,846, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Data Processing at Fordham University

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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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