Communication Technologies
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Communication Technologies degree recipients are Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN, Savannah, GA, and Tempe, AZ. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Communication Technologies degree recipients are Maitland, FL, Redmond, WA, and Sarasota, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Communication Technologies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Communication Technologies and the types of students that study this field. undefined awards the most degrees in Communication Technologies in the US, but Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences and Omega Studios' School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Communication Technologies.
Tuition costs for Communication Technologies majors are, on average, $4,410 for in-state public colleges, and $39,280 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Communication Technologies programs are Public, 2-year institutions (315 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (5,228 completions).
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Communication Technologies.
Out of all institutions that offer Communication Technologies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Communication Technologies, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Communication Technologies by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Communication Technologies in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Communication Technologies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Communication Technologies (6,774 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Communication Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Communication Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Communication Technologies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Communication Technologies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Communication Technologies.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Communication Technologies degrees (12.4 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (1,116 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Communication Technologies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Communication Technologies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Communication Technologies majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Programming.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Communication Technologies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.