Communications Technologies & Support at University of Maryland Global Campus

Every communications technologies and support school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications technologies and support program at University of Maryland Global Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526. Of the 7,697 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, 63 of them were communications technologies and support majors.

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.

UMGC Communications Technologies & Support Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Technologies & Support

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMGC does offer online courses in communications technologies and support for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Communications Technologies & Support Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications technologies and support progam at UMGC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications technologies and support major at UMGC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communications Technologies & Support. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Communications Technology/Support Schools	4
Best Value Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	30
Most Focused Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120

Communications Technologies & Support Student Demographics at UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications technologies and support majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in communications technologies and support from UMGC in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical communications technologies and support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications technologies and support bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in communications technologies and support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UMGC also has a doctoral program available in communications technologies and support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Communications Technologies & Support

If you plan to be a communications technologies and support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland Global Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Graphic Communications	63

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Data Entry Keyers	2,810	$36,420
Printing Press Operators	2,170	$39,850
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	1,150	$47,340
Prepress Technicians	750	$44,840
Broadcast Technicians	520	$54,330

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
• Image Credit: By M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.