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2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$59,816 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing School for You

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, data processing is the #148 most popular major in Massachusetts.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Data Processing Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Data Processing Colleges.

Best Data Processing School

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA
$59,816 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Boston University to be the best value school for data processing students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Data Processing Schools in Massachusetts list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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State Degrees Awarded

More Data Processing Rankings in Massachusetts

One of 9 majors within the area of study, data processing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Data Processing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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