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

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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 Texas, there were 958 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,216 and $25,834 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Texas for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communications technologies and support. To top this list, a school must have a successful communications technologies and support 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 Technologies & Support Major in Texas for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree communications technologies & support students.

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

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#4 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Texas for a Master’s list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 53 masters’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read more about Communications Technologies & Support at SMU

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University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in Texas for a Master’s. UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s communications technologies and support degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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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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