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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$3,964 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 100 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #122 most popular major in Washington.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for design engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found Spokane Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Washington. Spokane Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Spokane.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spokane Community College are $3,826 per year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Spokane Community College take out $13,909 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Spokane Community College Report

#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

The excellent associate degree programs at Olympic College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in Washington. OC is a small public school located in the city of Bremerton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OC are $4,101 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Olympic College Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 464
Oregon 50
Nevada 2
Hawaii 26
Alaska 6

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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