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CIP 15.0305 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Telecommunications Technology/Technician.

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.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Telecommunications Technology/Technician award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 15.0305. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years547
2025Associate degree782
2025Bachelor degree38
2025Master degree37
2025Certificate under 12 weeks22
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year10186
2024Certificate 1–2 years840
2024Associate degree752
2024Bachelor degree312
2024Master degree411
2024Certificate under 12 weeks27
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11160
2023Certificate 1–2 years6105
2023Associate degree1169
2023Bachelor degree322
2023Master degree49
2023Certificate under 12 weeks26
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year10135
2022Certificate 1–2 years8200
2022Associate degree1366
2022Bachelor degree521
2022Master degree426
2022Certificate under 12 weeks25
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year9133
2021Certificate 1–2 years1055
2021Associate degree1493
2021Bachelor degree420
2021Master degree326
2021Certificate under 12 weeks324
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year8203
2020Certificate 1–2 years645
2020Associate degree1687
2020Bachelor degree534
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2020Master degree588
2020Certificate under 12 weeks342
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year10348

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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Institutions with reported graduates

45 institutions

NY · Four-year

Pace University ↗

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Associate degree: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2022.

Bachelor degree: 3 first-major awards · year ending 2022.

Master degree: 4 first-major awards · year ending 2024.

Certificate under 12 weeks: 3 first-major awards · year ending 2024.

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Related fields

Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. ↗

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Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians. ↗

Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician. ↗

Laser and Optical Technology/Technician. ↗