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2026 Best Telecommunications Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

1 Colleges in the United States
27 Telecommunications Engineering Degrees Awarded
$85,500 Avg Early-Career Salary

Telecommunications Engineering is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for telecommunications engineering students pursuing a degree.

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Best Schools for Telecommunications Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the telecommunications engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in Telecommunications Engineering

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University Of Maryland College Park tops our 2026 ranking of the best telecommunications engineering schools. Located in the suburb of College Park, University Of Maryland College Park is a very large public university. The six-year graduation rate is 89%. About 27 telecommunications engineering degrees were awarded at University Of Maryland College Park in the most recent year. Graduates of the telecommunications engineering program make about $85,500 in their early career. University Of Maryland College Park graduates carry a median of $23,804 in student loans. Read more about the telecommunications engineering program at University Of Maryland College Park

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 3 schools evaluated.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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