WhatGradsMake

What Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $52,636 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Northwestern- St PaulMN$37,592$72,204+37%
2University of Minnesota DuluthMN$39,517$67,570+28%
3Texas A&M University - CommerceTX$41,695$63,874$76,958+21%
4University of Wisconsin - StoutWI$47,928$61,393$71,182+17%
5Indiana University - BloomingtonIN$33,458$60,590$88,299+15%
6Illinois State UniversityIL$45,946$59,498+13%
7George Mason UniversityVA$33,666$59,105+12%
8Framingham State UniversityMA$38,771$58,821$76,595+12%
9Fashion Institute of TechnologyNY$34,630$58,114$81,295+10%
10Arizona State UniversityAZ$36,327$56,620+8%
11Southern Oregon UniversityOR$37,867$55,665$59,848+6%
12University of Central MissouriMO$42,596$55,389$64,628+5%
13CUNY York CollegeNY$34,473$53,485+2%
14West Virginia University - Institute of TechnologyWV$29,458$53,243$51,929+1%
15Bowling Green State UniversityOH$37,002$53,186+1%
16Butler UniversityIN$33,861$52,920+1%
17Georgia Southern UniversityGA$39,425$52,821$68,9110%
18Texas State UniversityTX$37,506$52,636$60,5900%
19Kent State UniversityOH$38,141$52,354$50,311-1%
20University of Northern IowaIA$37,592$50,368$58,956-4%
21Minneapolis College of Art & DesignMN$32,492$49,979-5%
22Western Illinois UniversityIL$32,510$49,438$59,062-6%
23Sam Houston State UniversityTX$26,296$48,984$76,015-7%
24University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleWI$36,019$48,665$59,962-8%
25SUNY College of Technology at AlfredNY$28,584$45,933-13%
26SUNY at FredoniaNY$32,455$45,751$64,628-13%
27SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$31,725$45,638$73,728-13%
28University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$31,673$44,737$58,858-15%
29Regent UniversityVA$31,485$43,347-18%
30University of Central OklahomaOK$29,102$42,092-20%
31Fairmont State UniversityWV$27,760$41,154$50,477-22%
32Missouri Western State UniversityMO$27,979$39,655-25%
33Utah Valley UniversityUT$31,905
34Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$28,969
35Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$28,103

Master's

national median $73,728 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaMN$82,614$102,996$127,603+40%
2University of Houston - Clear LakeTX$59,307$73,7280%
3State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$48,487$55,746$68,363-24%

Associate

national median $41,244 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of CincinnatiOH$34,630$55,746$64,402+35%
2Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$33,861$55,111$83,557+34%
3Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$43,463$52,872$65,458+28%
4Cincinnati State Technical & Community CollegeOH$35,458$49,783$67,343+21%
5Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$28,536$49,399$70,527+20%
6North Lake CollegeTX$29,704$49,269+19%
7Cedar Valley CollegeTX$42,371$48,487+18%
8Joliet Junior CollegeIL$21,368$48,487+18%
9San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$28,680$47,574$71,115+15%
10Houston Community CollegeTX$34,089$46,728$61,167+13%
11Queensborough Community College-CUNYNY$30,261$46,728$60,342+13%
12Austin Community CollegeTX$32,492$46,359+12%
13College Of DuPageIL$31,206$46,116$58,363+12%
14Eastfield CollegeTX$34,993$45,751$51,789+11%
15Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$30,647$45,751+11%
16CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY$28,777$45,751+11%
17CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNY$31,035$45,413$59,253+10%
18Northwest Vista CollegeTX$28,584$45,365+10%
19Columbus State Community CollegeOH$34,993$44,894$53,536+9%
20Lone Star College SystemTX$35,340$44,592$48,487+8%
21Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$30,491$44,060$60,590+7%
22Northern Essex Community CollegeMA$25,850$43,722+6%
23Front Range Community CollegeCO$32,101$43,523+6%
24Kapiolani Community CollegeHI$35,091$43,047$45,751+4%
25Tidewater Community CollegeVA$33,758$43,047$47,939+4%
26South Central CollegeMN$30,731$42,660+3%
27Tarrant County College DistrictTX$33,406$42,596$53,107+3%
28York County Community CollegeME$31,387$42,596+3%
29SUNY Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeNY$24,926$42,505+3%
30Virginia Western Community CollegeVA$32,807$42,063$42,709+2%
31Kirkwood Community CollegeIA$29,035$42,063$48,377+2%
32Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$29,214$41,818+1%
33Southeast Technical CollegeSD$32,020$41,635$48,688+1%
34McHenry County CollegeIL$29,557$41,544+1%
35South Plains CollegeTX$26,712$41,525$54,679+1%
36Mount Wachusett Community CollegeMA$28,787$41,4240%
37Hawkeye Community CollegeIA$30,662$41,244$50,3680%
38Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$30,339$41,244$57,8670%
39Erie Community CollegeNY$28,569$41,093$47,2430%
40Amarillo CollegeTX$32,883$40,944$40,342-1%
41Trident Technical CollegeSC$29,599$40,883$45,505-1%
42SUNY College of Technology at AlfredNY$19,694$40,568$50,676-2%
43Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeVA$34,252$40,550$56,170-2%
44Des Moines Area Community CollegeIA$31,687$40,217$49,855-2%
45Central Ohio Technical CollegeOH$26,329$39,579$55,935-4%
46Richland CollegeTX$31,905$39,425-4%
47Vincennes UniversityIN$27,956$39,323$43,347-5%
48Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$29,021$39,277$49,855-5%
49Ohio UniversityOH$26,239$39,242$48,066-5%
50Aims Community CollegeCO$31,485$39,163$49,171-5%
51Ridgewater CollegeMN$33,005$38,967-6%
52Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$30,237$38,544$44,129-7%
53Orange County Community CollegeNY$26,721$38,202$44,129-7%
54Springfield Technical Community CollegeMA$28,450$37,592-9%
55Mt. Hood Community CollegeOR$27,814$37,592-9%
56Cayuga Community CollegeNY$25,504$37,497$47,119-9%
57Iowa Western Community CollegeIA$29,102$37,420$47,705-9%
58Iowa Central Community CollegeIA$29,769$37,225$48,487-10%
59Hostos Community College of the City University of New YorkNY$27,352$36,903-11%
60Middlesex Community CollegeCT$36,412$36,766$67,887-11%
61Finger Lakes Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$25,568$36,745$53,814-11%
62Cuyahoga Community CollegeOH$32,582$36,674$53,107-11%
63Rock Valley CollegeIL$31,171$36,491-12%
64Monroe Community CollegeNY$27,296$36,037$45,365-13%
65Adirondack Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$25,937$36,019$45,210-13%
66Iowa Valley Community College DistrictIA$29,807$35,666-14%
67Central Maine Community CollegeME$28,549$35,666$48,487-14%
68Leeward Community CollegeHI$27,237$35,626$51,223-14%
69Bossier Parish Community CollegeLA$27,214$34,915$44,796-15%
70Pueblo Community CollegeCO$30,804$34,840-16%
71Tri-County Technical CollegeSC$25,844$34,622$42,371-16%
72Onondaga Community CollegeNY$25,987$34,435$44,785-17%
73Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$26,371$34,228$39,021-17%
74Lane Community CollegeOR$31,066$34,002-18%
75Lake Land CollegeIL$32,101$33,005-20%
76Moberly Area Community CollegeMO$25,331$33,005-20%
77Owens Community CollegeOH$31,024$32,883$39,425-20%
78Eastern Iowa Community CollegesIA$26,866$32,883$41,424-20%
79Herkimer County Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$24,558$32,639-21%
80Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeNY$24,273$32,393$42,505-21%
81Southeastern Community CollegeIA$29,195$31,694$40,342-23%
82Illinois Central CollegeIL$29,296$28,199$40,342-32%
83Linn-Benton Community CollegeOR$48,487
84Lee CollegeTX$40,793$94,389
85Southern Maine Community CollegeME$28,969
86Prairie State CollegeIL$28,199
87Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley CollegeIL$27,582
88Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY$25,850
89Mineral Area CollegeMO$25,504
90Tyler Junior CollegeTX$24,637
91Texas State Technical CollegeTX$21,570

Certificate (1-2 years)

national median $41,695 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$30,143$49,855+20%
2Nassau Community CollegeNY$30,165$47,119$67,042+13%
3William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$34,211$46,298+11%
4Linn-Benton Community CollegeOR$30,437$44,669+7%
5College Of DuPageIL$40,680$44,129$50,197+6%
6Front Range Community CollegeCO$32,272$43,384+4%
7Columbus State Community CollegeOH$33,152$42,286$43,948+1%
8Des Moines Area Community CollegeIA$31,905$41,6950%
9Lake Superior CollegeMN$22,905$39,242-6%
10Leeward Community CollegeHI$26,234$38,305$52,031-8%
11Niagara County Community CollegeNY$26,742$37,592-10%
12York Technical CollegeSC$21,596$34,840$43,948-16%
13Bossier Parish Community CollegeLA$26,756$34,770$43,588-17%
14Lane Community CollegeOR$31,416$33,582-19%
15Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$24,348$31,905-23%
16Danville Community CollegeVA$26,082$29,849$36,215-28%
17Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$32,324
18Lake Land CollegeIL$30,304
19Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$23,771

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $43,047 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Aims Community CollegeCO$35,391$55,464+29%
2Tarrant County College DistrictTX$34,155$51,994$44,549+21%
3Moraine Valley Community CollegeIL$33,505$48,487$59,105+13%
4San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$27,510$48,213$61,630+12%
5Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$25,009$46,337+8%
6Austin Community CollegeTX$31,504$46,142$55,464+7%
7Northwest Vista CollegeTX$28,969$44,849+4%
8North Lake CollegeTX$37,984$43,722+2%
9Trident Technical CollegeSC$26,303$43,293$48,487+1%
10Houston Community CollegeTX$30,690$43,047$57,0520%
11Eastfield CollegeTX$28,338$43,0470%
12Sinclair Community CollegeOH$24,810$42,505$42,146-1%
13Central Texas College DistrictTX$31,537$42,371$42,371-2%
14Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$30,253$41,887$57,372-3%
15Columbus State Community CollegeOH$33,449$41,424-4%
16South Plains CollegeTX$28,247$40,342-6%
17Cedar Valley CollegeTX$28,103$40,342$61,121-6%
18Lake Land CollegeIL$26,134$36,674-15%
19Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$26,106$35,666$45,075-17%
20Lewis and Clark Community CollegeIL$25,256$34,421$50,767-20%
21Elgin Community CollegeIL$26,416$34,107-21%
22Amarillo CollegeTX$27,814$31,905-26%
23Lee CollegeTX$26,493$28,276-34%
24Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$34,840
25Tri-County Technical CollegeSC$28,969
26Front Range Community CollegeCO$28,969
27Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$27,979
28Mt. Hood Community CollegeOR$27,237

Certificate (2-4 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Ridgewater CollegeMN$33,582$37,935
2Mesabi Range CollegeMN$22,327