Recording Arts Technology

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2023

3,397

growing 1.34%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$3,940

growing 7.07%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$34,800

growing 3.59%

About

Communication Technologies Audiovisual Communications Technology

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Recording Arts Technology and the types of students that study this field.

Tuition costs for Recording Arts Technology majors are, on average, $3,940 for in-state public colleges, and $34,800 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Recording Arts Technology programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (834 completions).

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$3,940

Median In-State Public

$34,800

Median Out of State Private

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Recording Arts Technology.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Communication Technologies in the United States.

N/A White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Communication Technologies (1,401 students).

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Recording Arts Technology is from the 2 Digit Course Communication Technologies.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Communication Technologies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
1,401 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
842 degrees awarded
Black or African American
710 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Recording Arts Technology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination

White Male
397 degrees awarded
Black or African American Male
328 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Male
295 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Recording Arts Technology.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Recording Arts Technology is from the 2 Digit Course Communication Technologies.

Most Common Countries of Origin

Mexico
1,116 degree recipients
China
1,050 degree recipients
India
914 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Mongolia
12.4 times more than expected
Belarus
8.7 times more than expected
Scotland
8.29 times more than expected

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).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Recording Arts Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recording Arts Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Recording Arts Technology majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

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 Recording Arts Technology 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 N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.