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2023 Best Value Data Entry Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$8,638 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Data Entry 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Data Entry Schools ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in Data Entry

Our analysis found Bunker Hill Community College to be the best value school for data entry students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

BHCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,224 in tuition and fees each year.

BHCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Data Entry Schools list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means American Public University System is a great value for data entry students. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, American Military University also is in the top 20% of our Best Data Entry Schools ranking.

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$5,856 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washtenaw Community College is a great value for data entry students. Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washtenaw Community College are $5,856 per year.

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#4

Bellevue College

Bellevue, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bellevue College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Data Entry Schools list. 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.

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

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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 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, LWTech also did well on our Best Data Entry Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO
$7,155 Average Tuition & Fees

Saint Louis Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Data Entry Schools list. Located in the 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

Clark College

Vancouver, WA
$10,133 Average Tuition & Fees

Clark College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Data Entry Schools list. Clark College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Vancouver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clark College are $10,133 a year.

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#8

Kent State University at Tuscarawas

New Philadelphia, OH
$15,527 Average Tuition & Fees

Kent State University at Tuscarawas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for data entry students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of New Philadelphia, Kent State University at Tuscarawas is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kent State University at Tuscarawas are $15,527 a 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 8 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).

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