2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Telecommunications Technology is the 895th most popular major in the country with 421 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 69 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in telecommunications technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in telecommunications technology/technician.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree telcom tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

Top 25% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 18 masters’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Rochester Institute of Technology Telecommunications Technology Report

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Pace University - New York
New York, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Telcom Tech Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 6 masters’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Pace University - New York Telecommunications Technology Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Technology

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.