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2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York

7 Ranked Colleges
448 Degrees Awarded
$11,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 15,192 people earned their degree in communications technologies and support, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,122 and had an average of $26,383 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 1,190 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,970 and $22,549 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 448 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,640 and $14,770 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in communications technologies and support. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications technologies and support 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 technologies and support 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 Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in New York

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. BMCC is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 168 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $5,158 for new york associate degree communications technologies & support students per year to attend Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Full Borough of Manhattan Community College Communications Technologies & Support Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York. Suffolk County Community College is located in Selden, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk County Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $5,533 for New York Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students per year to attend Suffolk County Community College.

Full Suffolk County Community College Communications Technologies & Support Report

#3

Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Onondaga Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications technologies and support students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Onondaga Community College is $7,390 for New York Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students.

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#4

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Monroe Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $6,830 for new york associate degree communications technologies & support students per year to attend Monroe Community College.

Full Monroe Community College Communications Technologies & Support Report

#5

Hostos Community College

Bronx, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Hostos Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Bronx, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified associates’s communications technologies and support students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hostos, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hostos Community College is $5,262 for New York Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students.

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#6

Alfred State College

Alfred, New York
#7 in overall quality

Alfred State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York ranking, coming in at #6. Alfred State College is located in Alfred, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new york associate degree communications technologies & support students list, Alfred State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Alfred State College is $16,630 for New York Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students.

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#1 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in New York ranking. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s communications technologies and support degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $33,167 for new york associate degree communications technologies & support students per year to attend Rochester Institute of Technology.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Communications Technologies & Support at Rochester Institute of Technology

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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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