Telecommunications Technology/Technician

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or electromagnetic systems. Telecommunication occurs when the exchange of information between communication participants includes the use of technology. It is transmitted either electrically over physical media, such as cables, or via electromagnetic radiation. Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels which afford the advantages of multiplexing. Since the Latin term communicatio is considered the social process of information exchange, the term telecommunications is often used in its plural form because it involves many different technologies.

Early means of communicating over a distance included visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs. Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages such as coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, and loud whistles. 20th- and 21st-century technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies, such as telegraph, telephone, and teleprinter, networks, radio, microwave transmission, fiber optics, and communications satellites.

A revolution in wireless communication began in the first decade of the 20th century with the pioneering developments in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909, and other notable pioneering inventors and developers in the field of electrical and electronic telecommunications. These included Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse (inventors of the telegraph), Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone), Edwin Armstrong and Lee de Forest (inventors of radio), as well as Vladimir K. Zworykin, John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth (some of the inventors of television).

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Matching Telecommunications Technology/Technician Colleges

Rochester Institute of Technology

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $50,225 average out-state tuition; $50,225 average in-state tuition

Commonwealth Technical Institute

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Private not for profit; $7,564 average out-state tuition; $7,564 average in-state tuition

Arapahoe Community College

Four or more years; Public; $15,102 average out-state tuition; $3,680 average in-state tuition

Pace University

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $46,978 average out-state tuition; $46,978 average in-state tuition

CUNY New York City College of Technology

Four or more years; Public; $14,880 average out-state tuition; $6,930 average in-state tuition

Mitchell Technical College

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $4,092 average out-state tuition; $4,092 average in-state tuition

Lincoln Trail College

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $10,928 average out-state tuition; $8,902 average in-state tuition

Scholarships for Telecommunications Technology/Technician Majors

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Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Up to $30,000 Varies See Details
 

Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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Up to $30,000

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Jesse Jackson Fellows - Toyota Scholarship

PUSH Excel

Up to $25,000 May 31, 2024 See Details
 

Jesse Jackson Fellows - Toyota Scholarship

PUSH Excel

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Up to $25,000

deadline

May 31, 2024
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Trustey Family Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2025 See Details
 

Trustey Family Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

deadline

January 01, 2025
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Stinson Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2025 See Details
 

Stinson Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

deadline

January 01, 2025
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Besio Family Scholarship

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2025 See Details
 

Besio Family Scholarship

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

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January 01, 2025
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Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

$20,500 Varies See Details
 

Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

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$20,500

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Big Bang Theory Graduate Fellowship-PAID

University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

$20,000 May 01, 2024 See Details
 

Big Bang Theory Graduate Fellowship-PAID

University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

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$20,000

deadline

May 01, 2024
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ASHRAE Presidents Scholarship

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AC Engineers (ASHRAE)

$12,500 December 01, 2024 See Details
 

ASHRAE Presidents Scholarship

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AC Engineers (ASHRAE)

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$12,500

deadline

December 01, 2024
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BrandSource x Foster Love Scholarship

Foster Love

Up to $11,000 Varies See Details
 

BrandSource x Foster Love Scholarship

Foster Love

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Up to $11,000

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SEI Native American Education Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

SEI Native American Education Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

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$10,000

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