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2023 Best Value Data Processing Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,955 data processing students received a degree or certificate, 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. 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.

The Best Value Data Processing Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Data Processing

#1

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

Our analysis found Stark State College to be the best value school for data processing students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Stark State College is a large public school located in the large suburb of North Canton.

Stark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,406 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Data Processing at Stark State College Report

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Data Processing Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ferris are $13,188 per year.

Read full report on Data Processing at Ferris State University

Best Data Processing Colleges by State

Explore the best data processing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2
Ohio 16

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 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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