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2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor's Degree School for You

Communications Technologies & Support is the #30 most popular major in Illinois with 480 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Communications Technology/Support Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for communications technologies and support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

Check out the communications technologies and support bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Communications Technology/Support

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for communications technologies and support students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.

Illinois State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on Communications Technologies & Support at Illinois State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.

Read full report on Communications Technologies & Support at Western Illinois University

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $27,786 a year.

Full Communications Technologies & Support at Columbia College Chicago Report

#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means DePaul University is a great value for communications technologies and support students working on their bachelor’s degree. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DePaul are $42,012 a year.

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Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 64
Michigan 255
Ohio 285
Wisconsin 109

Communications Technologies & Support Majors to Study

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

Majors Similar to Communications Technologies & Support

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 4 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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