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2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$20,308 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,222 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communications Technologies & Support 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Communications Technology/Support Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Communications Technologies & Support Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications technologies and support majors pursuing a .

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Communications Technology/Support

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN
$5,741 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Hennepin Technical College to be the best value school for communications technologies and support students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Hennepin Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,741 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$19,845 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Institute of Production and Recording. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Schools in Minnesota list. Institute of Production and Recording is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Institute of Production and Recording are $19,845 per year. The average amount in student loans that communications technologies and support majors at Institute of Production and Recording take out is $13,995. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $362.

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$13,850 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communications Technology/Support Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Duluth are $13,850 a year. Communications Technologies & Support majors at UMN Duluth take out an average of $26,500 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $195, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$41,794 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a great value for communications technologies and support students. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCAD are $41,794 per year. After completing their degree, communications technologies and support graduates from MCAD carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

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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 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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