2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in Michigan

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communications Technologies & Support is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 15,192 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communications technologies and support graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,122 and had an average of $26,383 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 275 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,700 and $28,784 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,205 and $16,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications technologies and support. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications technologies and support programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications technologies and support program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in Michigan

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$12,889 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ferris State University is a fairly large public school situated in Big Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 15 associates’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also made our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Ferris State University is $12,889 for Michigan Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students.

Full Ferris Communications Technologies & Support Report

#2

Baker College

Owosso, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$15,049 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baker College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools for an Associate in Michigan list. Located in Owosso, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s communications technologies and support students in 2019-2020.

Baker College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” list. The yearly cost to attend Baker College is $15,049 for Michigan Associate Degree Communications Technologies & Support students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Communications Technologies & Support at Baker College

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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

• *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.

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