2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technology in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.

Communications Technology is the 281st most popular major in the country with 915 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communications technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $21,549 and had an average of $15,650 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communications technology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technology in the Southwest Region

1

Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#22 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Baytown, Texas, and it awarded 4 associates’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Communications Technology at Lee College

2

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the #2 spot on the list. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full DMC Communications Technology Report

2

University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, Arizona

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Communications Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 1 associates’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Communications Technology at University of Advancing Technology

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technology

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.