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2022 Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 646 people earned their degree in telecommunications technology/technician, making the major the 720th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 34 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality telecommunications technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the telecommunications technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Telecommunications Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Telcom Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Mitchell, South Dakota, and it awarded 11 associates’s telcom tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Mitchell Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Tech is $9,349 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Telcom Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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