2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing Technology in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Data Processing Technology is the 404th most popular major in the country with 2,320 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,040 data processing technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 data processing technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in data processing technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality data processing technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the data processing technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Data Processing Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing Tech students.

Read more about Data Processing Technology at University of Southern Mississippi

#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,406 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Data Processing Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 20 bachelors’s data processing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Data Processing Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing Tech students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing Technology

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kenneth Jensen.

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