by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering data processing technology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of data processing technology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Computer Science | 1 | 36 |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 1,336 |
| Cheminformatics/Chemistry Informatics | 1 | — |
| Computational Biology | 1 | 321 |
| Computational Science | 1 | 2,395 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 1 | 67,926 |
| Computer Science | 1 | 79,857 |
| Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism | 1 | 2,377 |
| Human Computer Interaction | 1 | 2,298 |
| Information Science/Studies | 1 | 22,425 |
A specialization within Data Processing, data processing technology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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