2023 Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major for a Doctorate
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major for a Doctorate” 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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful communications technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree communications tech students.
Top 1 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technology
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Communications Technology 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
- *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.
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