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Best Value Communications Technology/Support Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,793 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,029 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communications Technologies & Support Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 197 degrees and certificates were awarded to communications technologies and support students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #32 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Communications Technology/Support Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for communications technologies and support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Communications Technology/Support

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the best value school in Minnesota for communications technologies and support students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hennepin Technical College are $5,741 per year.

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Out of the 2 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Institute of Production and Recording landed the # 2 spot on the list. Institute of Production and Recording is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Institute of Production and Recording undergraduate students pay an average of $19,845 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 127
Iowa 106
South Dakota 15
Missouri 164
Nebraska 11
North Dakota 6

Communications Technologies & Support Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Graphic Communications 7,518
Audiovisual Communications 6,229
Communications Technology 915
Other Communication Technology 164

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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