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. 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 Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
Across the Plains States region, there were 30 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 data processing graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 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 in the Plains States Region” 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 in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Plains States Region list. Dickinson State University is located in Dickinson, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s data processing degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Data Processing at Dickinson State University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s data processing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Data Processing Major in the Plains States Region. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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