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Basic Certificates in Data Processing

615 Yearly Graduations
46% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were male, and 62 were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.5% of data processing graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Data Processing Majors

In 2020-2021, 615 earned their basic certificate in data processing. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in data processing at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 814
Basic Certificate 615
Master’s Degree 199
Bachelor’s Degree 170
Undergraduate Certificate 151
Graduate Certificate 4
Doctor’s Degree 2

Earnings of Data Processing Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue basic certificates in data processing. About 54.3% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 334
Women 281
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The racial-ethnic distribution of data processing basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 20
Black or African American 238
Hispanic or Latino 109
White 219
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 26
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to data processing that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems 13,119
Information Technology 9,366
Computer Systems Networking 7,456
Computer Programming 4,106
Computer Software Applications 2,753

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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