Communications Technologies & Support at Miami Dade College

If you plan to study communications technologies and support, take a look at what Miami Dade College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communications Technologies & Support section at the bottom of this page.

MDC Communications Technologies & Support Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communications Technologies & Support (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Communications Technologies & Support

MDC Communications Technologies & Support Rankings

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Communications Technologies & Support Student Demographics at MDC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications technologies and support majors at Miami Dade College.

MDC Communications Technologies & Support Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of communications technologies and support associate's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications technologies and support only graduates about 40% women each year. The program at MDC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications technologies and support graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Miami Dade College with a associate's in communications technologies and support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Communications Technologies & Support

Communications Technologies & Support majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Miami Dade College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Graphic Communications	58
Audiovisual Communications	8

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Communications Technologies & Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications technologies and support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Data Entry Keyers	12,890	$31,310
Printing Press Operators	7,830	$33,640
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	4,870	$44,670
Broadcast Technicians	2,150	$41,550
Media and Communication Workers	1,650	$38,190

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.