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2023 Most Popular Data Processing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges
$48,436 Avg Salary
$17,250 Avg Student Debt

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

With 1,955 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, data processing is the #9 most popular major in the United States.

With all the computer science programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Data Processing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Data Processing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Data Processing Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Southern Mississippi to be the most popular school for data processing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Southern Miss is a large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

Of the 29 students majoring in data processing at Southern Miss, 79% are male and 21% are female.

Read full report on Data Processing at University of Southern Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. A-State is a large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

About 28% of the students majoring in data processing at the school are women while 72% are male.

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#3

Wesleyan College

Macon, GA

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Wesleyan College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular data processing schools in the Southeast Region . Wesleyan College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Macon.

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Best Data Processing Colleges by State

Explore the best data processing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 44
Louisiana 45
Georgia 124
Mississippi 29
Arkansas 18
South Carolina 310

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

Data Processing Focus Areas

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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