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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Southern Methodist University

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $46,594 average out-state tuition; $46,594 average in-state tuition

Pace University-New York

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $42,354 average out-state tuition; $42,354 average in-state tuition

Rochester Institute of Technology

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $39,506 average out-state tuition; $39,506 average in-state tuition

CUNY New York City College of Technology

Four or more years; Public; $13,920 average out-state tuition; $6,530 average in-state tuition

Mitchell Technical Institute

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $3,648 average out-state tuition; $3,648 average in-state tuition

Arapahoe Community College

At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $14,234 average out-state tuition; $3,469 average in-state tuition

Clark College

Four or more years; Public; $8,723 average out-state tuition; $3,370 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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Trustey Family Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2024 See Details
 

Trustey Family Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

deadline

January 01, 2024
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Stinson Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2024 See Details
 

Stinson Scholars Program

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

deadline

January 01, 2024
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Besio Family Scholarship

University of Notre Dame

$25,000 January 01, 2024 See Details
 

Besio Family Scholarship

University of Notre Dame

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$25,000

deadline

January 01, 2024
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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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Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

Up to $30,000 June 01, 2023 See Details
 

Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

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Up to $30,000

deadline

June 01, 2023
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UCF Astronaut Scholarship

University of Central Florida (UCF)

Up to $15,000 May 31, 2023 See Details
 

UCF Astronaut Scholarship

University of Central Florida (UCF)

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Up to $15,000

deadline

May 31, 2023
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Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

$12,500 January 15, 2024 See Details
 

Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

award

$12,500

deadline

January 15, 2024
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SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

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$10,000

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Joseph P. and Helen T. Cribbins Scholarship

Association of the United States Army

$10,000 May 31, 2023 See Details
 

Joseph P. and Helen T. Cribbins Scholarship

Association of the United States Army

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$10,000

deadline

May 31, 2023
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