by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 170 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in data processing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their data processing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dickinson State University is a small school located in Dickinson, North Dakota that handed out 8 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesleyan College landed the #2 spot on the list. Wesleyan College is a small school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 4 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s data processing students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. UNLV is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Dubuque did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. University of Dubuque is a small school located in Dubuque, Iowa that handed out 3 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
University of San Francisco ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 18 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Capella University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s data processing degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Waynesburg University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major ranking. Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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