2023 Most Popular Colleges for Communications Technology in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 915 people earned their degree in communications technology, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 693 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,760 and $15,250 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular communications technology programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region communications tech students.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for Communications Technology in the Southeast Region

1

Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

$30,635 Average Early-Career Earnings

$30,768 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Full Sail University is a large private for-profit school situated in Winter Park, Florida. It awarded 433 ’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Communications Technology at Full Sail University

2

Pellissippi State Community College
Knoxville, Tennessee

$31,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,424 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pellissippi State Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Pellissippi State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 98 ’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Communications Technology at Pellissippi State Community College

3

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

$50,680 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,679 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Collegedale, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Southern Adventist University Communications Technology Report

3

Bob Jones University
Greenville, South Carolina

$37,074 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,613 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Communications Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 0 ’s communications tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Communications Technology at Bob Jones 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

• *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.