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2023 Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$21,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the data processing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Data Processing

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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

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 graduate certificate. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 a year.

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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 3 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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