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2023 Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$8,389 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Entry Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 552 people earned a degree or certificate in data entry, making the major the #11 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for data entry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

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

2023 Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Data Entry

Our 2023 rankings named Bunker Hill Community College the best value school in the United States for data entry students working on their basic certificate. BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BHCC are $10,224 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, BHCC also did well on our Best Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value data entry schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washtenaw Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list. Washtenaw Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Washtenaw Community College are $5,856 a year.

Full Data Entry at Washtenaw Community College Report

#4

Bellevue College

Bellevue, WA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Bellevue College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value data entry schools in the United States. BC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Bellevue.

BC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,594 in tuition and fees each year.

BC also claimed a spot on our Best Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list. LWTech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.

LWTech undergraduate students pay an average of $10,146 in tuition and fees each year.

LWTech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list.

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#6

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Data Entry Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saint Louis Community College are $7,155 a year.

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#7

Kent State University at Tuscarawas

New Philadelphia, OH

Kent State University at Tuscarawas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for data entry students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of New Philadelphia, Kent State University at Tuscarawas is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kent State University at Tuscarawas are $15,527 per year.

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Majors Related to Data Entry

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, data entry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Data Entry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications 537
Word Processing 14
Other Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications 1

Most Popular Majors Related to Data Entry

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 7 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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