2022 Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 178 people earned their degree in telecommunications engineering, making the major the 842nd most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 telecommunications engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in telecommunications engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality telecommunications engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the telecommunications engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Engineering (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s telcom engineering students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Telecommunications Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Telecommunications Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s telcom engineering students in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Telecommunications Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Telecommunications Engineering at Florida International University

#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s telcom engineering degrees to 72 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Telecommunications Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Telecommunications Engineering Report

#4

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Telcom Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 59 masters’s telcom engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Telecommunications Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Telecommunications Engineering at CU - Boulder

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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