Data Processing at Boston University

If you are interested in studying data processing, you may want to check out the program at Boston University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Data Processing section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Data Processing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Data Processing

Boston U Data Processing Rankings

Data Processing Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the data processing majors at Boston University.

Boston U Data Processing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of data processing master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in data processing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Concentrations Within Data Processing

Data Processing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Boston University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Data Processing Technology	36

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Science

Careers That Data Processing Grads May Go Into

A degree in data processing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Operators	1,120	$52,030

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.