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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technology

5 Ranked Colleges
280 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communications Technology is the 272nd most popular major in the country with 823 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communications technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $18,680 and had an average of $18,803 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 280 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technology

#1

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. East Stroudsburg University is located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s communications tech degrees to qualified students.

East Stroudsburg University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,855 for bachelor’s degree communications tech students per year to attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Read full report on Communications Technology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communications tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan University is $15,924 for Bachelor’s Degree Communications Tech students.

Read more about Communications Technology at Eastern Michigan

#3

York College

Jamaica, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, York College landed the #3 spot on the list. York is a medium-sized school located in Jamaica, New York that handed out 19 bachelors’s communications tech degrees in 2019-2020.

York not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communications Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $3,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Communications Tech students per year to attend York College.

Read more about Communications Technology at York College

#4

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Northern Vermont University is a small public school situated in Johnson, Vermont. It awarded 1 bachelors’s communications tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Communications Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,749 for Bachelor’s Degree Communications Tech students per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

Full Northern Vermont University Communications Technology Report

#5

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Full Sail University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communications Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Full Sail University is a private for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 196 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Full Sail University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Communications Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for Bachelor’s Degree Communications Tech students.

Read full report on Communications Technology at Full Sail University

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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

  • *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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