2022 Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communications Technology/Technician is the 568th most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 198 communications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communications technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree communications technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,090 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ozarks Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ozarks Technical Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 29 associates’s communications tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OTC is $6,090 for Associate Degree Communications Technology/Technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Ozarks Technical Community College Communications Technology/Technician Report

#2

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$27,998 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Full Sail University is located in Winter Park, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 associates’s communications tech degrees to qualified students.

Full Sail University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,998 for associate degree communications technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Full Sail University Communications Technology/Technician Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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