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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,828 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #169 most popular major in Illinois with 82 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Lewis and Clark Community College the best value school in Illinois for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Lewis and Clark Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

The excellent associate degree programs at Lake Land College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in Illinois. Located in the town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population.

Lake Land College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,104 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 193
Ohio 43
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

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

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.

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