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2023 Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$20,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, data processing was ranked #228 in the country. In fact 1,955 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for data processing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Data Processing

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great value for data processing students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate students pay an average of $31,008 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Data Processing at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

Best Data Processing Colleges by State

Explore the best data processing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 18
Kansas 0
Iowa 3
North Dakota 8
South Dakota 0

Data Processing is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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