by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Data Processing is the 225th most popular major in the country with 1,955 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, data processing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,777 and had an average of $18,195 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 814 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” ranking analyzed 74 colleges that offered a degree in data processing. That schools that top this list have a program in data processing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree data processing students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Technical College of the Lowcountry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. TCL is a public institution located in Beaufort, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Aiken Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major. This small school is located in Graniteville, South Carolina, and it awarded 12 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trident Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major. Trident Technical College is a fairly large public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 65 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. This small school is located in Hamilton, Ohio, and it awarded 13 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Carolina Technical College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major. Located in Sumter, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, York Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. York Technical College is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
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Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is a small public school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 17 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Data Processing Report
Kingsborough Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Kingsborough Community College is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 51 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 31 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
Louisiana State University - Eunice ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. Louisiana State University - Eunice is a small school located in Eunice, Louisiana that handed out 8 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
Spartanburg Community College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
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Greenville Technical College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
Queensborough Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Queensborough Community College is located in Bayside, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
Piedmont Technical College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. Piedmont Technical College is located in Greenwood, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
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Miami University - Middletown did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking, coming in at #15. Miami University - Middletown is a public institution located in Middletown, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #16, Midlands Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. MTC is a medium-sized public school situated in West Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 21 associates’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
Quinebaug Valley Community College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Danielson, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s data processing degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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Delgado Community College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Delgado Community College is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tri-County Technical College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. TCTC is located in Pendleton, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
San Juan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking, coming in at #21. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is located in Conway, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
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Skagit Valley College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. Skagit Valley College is a public institution located in Mount Vernon, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Denmark Technical College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Located in Denmark, South Carolina, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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South Puget Sound Community College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. South Puget Sound Community College is located in Olympia, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 associates’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
Full South Puget Sound Community College Data Processing Report
Bronx Community College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. BCC is a public institution located in Bronx, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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