2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Data Processing in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 132 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Data Processing in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Queensborough Community College

Bayside, New York

#1 in overall quality

$5,050 Average Net Price

$32,029 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queensborough Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Bayside, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at QCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Data Processing Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $5,050 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Data Processing students per year to attend QCC.

Read more about Data Processing at Queensborough Community College

#2

Bronx Community College

Bronx, New York

#2 in overall quality

$4,069 Average Net Price

$21,234 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bronx Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s data processing degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Data Processing Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $4,069 for middle atlantic region associate degree data processing students per year to attend BCC.

Read full report on Data Processing at BCC

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

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