2023 Schools Highly Focused on Communications Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region

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Communications Technology/Technician is the 607th most popular major in the country with 915 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 54 communications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Communications Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communications technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communications technology/technician.

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Schools Highly Focused on Communications Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region communications technology/technician students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Communications Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield, Missouri

$29,979 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,175 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Communications Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region 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 public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Communications Technology/Technician at OTC

2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,837 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Communications Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s communications tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UNL Communications Technology/Technician Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.