2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Data Processing 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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.
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2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Data Processing Colleges.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Data Processing
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Capella University are $14,148 per year.
The excellent programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best data processing schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,099 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Missouri University of Science and Technology also is in the top 10% of our Best Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Read full report on Data Processing at Missouri University of Science and Technology
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Dubuque is a great value for data processing students. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Dubuque.
UD undergraduate students pay an average of $36,010 in tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Majors Related to Data Processing
Data Processing is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 4 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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