2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 14,826 people earned their degree in communications technologies and support, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,611 and had an average of $24,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 172 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,949 and $29,926 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technologies and support. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communications technologies and support.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in Virginia

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 4 masters’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Virginia Tech Communications Technologies & Support Report

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#5 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Mason University is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. 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 Technologies & Support at GMU

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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.

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