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2023 Best Value Data Processing Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$33,223 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,955 data processing students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which computer science program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Data Processing Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for data processing 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 Processing Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the data processing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Data Processing

#1

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Our analysis found University of San Francisco to be the best value school for data processing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USFCA are $27,250 per year.

USFCA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools list.

Read full report on Data Processing at University of San Francisco

The excellent master’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value data processing schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great value for data processing students working on their master’s degree. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Data Processing at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

#4

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Fordham University is a great value for data processing students working on their master’s degree. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fordham U are $23,846 a year.

Full Data Processing at Fordham University Report

#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools list.

Full Data Processing at Boston University Report

Data Processing by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Data Processing is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

Data Processing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Data Processing Technology 1,955

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 5 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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