by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,955 people earned their degree in data processing, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 258 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,804 and $17,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in data processing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in data processing.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree data processing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Far Western US Region. BC is a public institution located in Bellevue, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 48 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Full University of Nevada - Las Vegas Data Processing Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #3 spot on the list. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 16 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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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