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2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$20,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing School for You

Data Processing is the #224 most popular major in the country with 205 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search 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 2 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Data Processing

The excellent programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best data processing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Missouri University of Science and Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $31,099 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Data Processing Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Data Processing at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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 2

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

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 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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