Undergraduate Certificates in Communications Technologies & Support

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were men, and 54% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.3% of communications technologies and support graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Communications Technologies & Support Majors

In 2020-2021, 2,560 earned their undergraduate certificate in communications technologies and support. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in communications technologies and support at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	4,797
Associate Degree	3,994
Basic Certificate	2,890
Undergraduate Certificate	2,560
Master’s Degree	533
Graduate Certificate	52

Earnings of Communications Technologies & Support Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in communications technologies and support is $19,249. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $17,851 and the high is $21,865.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in communications technologies and support is $9,500. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $14,750 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $9,500.

The median monthly payment of a communications technologies and support graduate with a 10-year repayment plan is $175.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue undergraduate certificates in communications technologies and support. About 69.8% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	1,787
Women	773

The racial-ethnic distribution of communications technologies and support undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	71
Black or African American	431
Hispanic or Latino	690
White	1,091
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	245

Communications Technologies & Support Majors to Study

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Audiovisual Communications	1,586
Graphic Communications	895
Communications Technology	73
Other Communication Technology	6

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to communications technologies and support that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering Technologies	12,877
Computer & Information Sciences	9,870
Agriculture	4,794
Science Technologies	825
Engineering	698

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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