Telecommunications Technology at Ferris State University

If you plan to study telecommunications technology/technician, take a look at what Ferris State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Telecommunications Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Telecommunications Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Telcom Tech

Ferris Telecommunications Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the telcom tech progam at Ferris compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The telcom tech major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Telecommunications Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Most Popular Telecommunications Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools	12
Most Focused Telecommunications Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools	12
Most Popular Telecommunications Technology Trade Schools	22

Telcom Tech Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the telcom tech majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Telecommunications Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of telcom tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in telcom tech at Ferris are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor's in telcom tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in telcom tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology

Careers That Telcom Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in telcom tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	2,790	$59,040

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.