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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

6 Colleges
$50,303 Avg Salary
$28,099 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #154 most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for design engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses to be the best school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $482.

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#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Central Michigan take out an average of $31,036 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU is a large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

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#4

Trine University

Angola, IN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Trine University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Angola.

Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $482.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #6 on this year’s Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting and design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 193
Ohio 43
Illinois 82
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

One of 18 majors within the area of study, drafting and design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

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