Data Processing
1,578 students earn a data processing credential each year across 90 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $44,431
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $62,901
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Bachelor's programs — 11 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Bellevue CollegeBellevue, Washington51$81,8921 year out—$13,5022University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada55$44,4311 year out—$21,7503University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi26$37,7341 year out—$28,7434University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California15—1 year out——5University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota9—1 year out——6Capella UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota9—1 year out——7Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——8University of DubuqueDubuque, Iowa4—1 year out——9Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, North Dakota1—1 year out——10Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont1—1 year out——11Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas——1 year out$62,901—
Associate programs — 57 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia10$44,8011 year out$60,060$19,0002Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina15$40,0121 year out$52,772$14,0133Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina23$39,7021 year out$44,529—4Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina33$39,0621 year out$55,556$21,0835Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina19$38,8251 year out$46,849$16,5006New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico36$38,5591 year out$36,600$9,7507New Mexico State University-GrantsGrants, New Mexico0$38,5591 year out$36,600$9,7508New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico—$38,5591 year out$36,600$9,7509Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina18$34,7251 year out$51,785—10Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana1$28,5151 year out$50,461$17,41811CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York21$26,4841 year out$51,467—12York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina27$25,6171 year out$48,029$15,12513Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia8$24,0121 year out——14Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina54—1 year out——15Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas44—1 year out$38,119—16CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York28—1 year out——17CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York24—1 year out$53,791—18Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina22—1 year out$29,262—19Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio20—1 year out—$21,03120Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas20—1 year out——21West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia17—1 year out——22Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort, South Carolina15—1 year out——23Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina15—1 year out$43,107—24Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia11—1 year out——25Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina10—1 year out——26Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia8—1 year out——27Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey8—1 year out——28South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia7—1 year out——29San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico7—1 year out——30Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia7—1 year out——31St Clair County Community CollegePort Huron, Michigan6—1 year out——32Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, South Carolina6—1 year out——33Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia6—1 year out——34Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia5—1 year out——35Louisiana State University-EuniceEunice, Louisiana5—1 year out——36Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia5—1 year out——37Navarro CollegeCorsicana, Texas4—1 year out——38Weatherford CollegeWeatherford, Texas4—1 year out——39South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympia, Washington4—1 year out——40Yakima Valley CollegeYakima, Washington4—1 year out——41Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia4—1 year out——42Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia3—1 year out——43Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia3—1 year out——44Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington3—1 year out——45Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, Georgia3—1 year out——46Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia2—1 year out——47Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut1—1 year out——48Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, Georgia1—1 year out——49Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota1—1 year out——50Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota1—1 year out——51Southeast New Mexico CollegeCarlsbad, New Mexico1—1 year out——52Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, Ohio1—1 year out—$21,03153Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, South Carolina1—1 year out——54Columbia Basin CollegePasco, Washington1—1 year out——55Skagit Valley CollegeMount Vernon, Washington1—1 year out——56Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan——1 year out$51,902—57Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio——1 year out—$21,031
Certificate programs — 61 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas250$38,4571 year out$41,816$10,7182York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina20$25,4511 year out——3South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia66—1 year out——4Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin63—1 year out——5New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico52—1 year out——6Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, Georgia45—1 year out——7Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas38—1 year out——8Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina24—1 year out——9Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina23—1 year out——10Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina15—1 year out——11Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia14—1 year out——12Columbus Technical CollegeColumbus, Georgia11—1 year out——13Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia10—1 year out——14Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina10—1 year out——15Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia10—1 year out——16Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina9—1 year out——17Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina9—1 year out——18San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico8—1 year out——19McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas8—1 year out——20St Clair County Community CollegePort Huron, Michigan7—1 year out——21Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania7—1 year out$48,268—22Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois6—1 year out——23Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia5—1 year out——24Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio5—1 year out——25Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina5—1 year out——26Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington5—1 year out——27Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia5—1 year out——28Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, Georgia4—1 year out——29West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia4—1 year out——30Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas4—1 year out——31Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland3—1 year out——32Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan3—1 year out——33Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota3—1 year out——34Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma3—1 year out——35Navarro CollegeCorsicana, Texas3—1 year out——36Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia3—1 year out——37Ocean County CollegeToms River, New Jersey2—1 year out——38New Mexico State University-GrantsGrants, New Mexico2—1 year out——39Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York2—1 year out——40Oral Roberts UniversityTulsa, Oklahoma2—1 year out——41Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina2—1 year out——42Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort, South Carolina2—1 year out——43Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, South Carolina2—1 year out——44Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstree, South Carolina2—1 year out——45El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas2—1 year out——46Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, Georgia2—1 year out——47Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia2—1 year out——48Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia1—1 year out——49Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia1—1 year out——50Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia1—1 year out——51Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana1—1 year out——52North Central Michigan CollegePetoskey, Michigan1—1 year out——53Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey1—1 year out——54Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico1—1 year out——55CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York1—1 year out——56Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio1—1 year out——57Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, South Carolina1—1 year out——58Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina1—1 year out——59Weatherford CollegeWeatherford, Texas1—1 year out——60Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah1—1 year out——61Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona——1 year out$57,531—
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).