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2023 Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$21,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,955 people earned a degree or certificate in data processing, making the major the #228 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for data processing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for data processing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Data Processing

Out of the 3 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Data Processing at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value data processing schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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Data Processing by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the area of study, data processing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kenneth Jensen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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