2023 Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 30 communications technologies and support graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,863 and $24,500 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communications technologies and support. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in communications technologies and support.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia communications technologies & support students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Communications Technologies & Support in District of Columbia

1

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,575 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,410 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 30 ’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communications Technologies & Support at American University

2

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

$44,806 Average Early-Career Earnings

$35,324 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Communications Technologies & Support Major in District of Columbia list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 0 ’s communications technologies and support degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of the District of Columbia Communications Technologies & Support Report

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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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