2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing Technology in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Data Processing Technology is the 384th most popular major in the country with 1,955 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 30 data processing technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 data processing technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in data processing technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their data processing technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree data processing tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Data Processing Technology in the Plains States Region

1

Dickinson State University
Dickinson, North Dakota

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. DSU is a small public school situated in Dickinson, North Dakota. It awarded 8 bachelors’s data processing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Data Processing Technology at DSU

2

University of Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s data processing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Data Processing Technology at UD

3

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #3 spot on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 14 bachelors’s data processing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Capella University Data Processing Technology Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.