Telecommunications Technology/Technician

STEM • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians

What is it about?

A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to help design and implement telecommunications systems. Includes instruction in communications protocol, data networking, digital compression algorithms, digital signal processing, Internet access, object-oriented and relational databases, and programming languages.

Numbers at a glance

898th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
5
Colleges offer it
59
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
49
Women
10

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
CUNY New York City College of Technology17
Ferris State University5
Average public university graduating class: 11 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Pace University-New York22
Lawrence Technological University14
St John's University-New York1
Average private university graduating class: 12 students.

O's Insights on Telecommunications Technology/Technician

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 37% of graduates come from public universities.

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