2022 Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 1,040 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,025 and $20,547 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in data processing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality data processing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Data Processing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s data processing degrees to qualified students.

Southern Miss also took the #1 spot in our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Miss is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students.

Full University of Southern Mississippi Data Processing Report

#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,406 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s data processing degrees to qualified students.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for A-State is $13,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Data Processing students.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Data Processing 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

• *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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