by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 421 people earned their degree in telecommunications technology/technician, making the major the 895th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in telecommunications technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their telecommunications technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree telcom tech students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lawrence Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major list. Lawrence Tech is a small school located in Southfield, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major list. City Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 7 bachelors’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Telecommunications Technology at New York City College of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major. Pace University - New York is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s telcom tech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s telcom tech degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Telecommunications Technology at Ferris State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Farmingdale State College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major. This medium-sized school is located in Farmingdale, New York, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Farmingdale State College Telecommunications Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major. RIT is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s telcom tech degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s telcom tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Telecommunications Technology at St John’s University - New York
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