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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,790 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 193 degrees and certificates were awarded to drafting and design engineering technology students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #106 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Michigan 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 Michigan

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Alpena Community College the best value school in Michigan for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Alpena, Alpena Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Alpena Community College are $7,860 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Alpena Community College Report

Out of the 4 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Macomb Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $6,090 per year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Macomb Community College take out $6,516 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Macomb Community College also took the #1 spot in our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Macomb Community College Report

#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

The excellent associate degree programs at Ferris State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in Michigan. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ferris are $13,188 a year.

Ferris did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Ferris State University Report

#4

Baker College

Owosso, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Baker College is a great value for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Baker College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,420 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Baker College Report

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
Ohio 43
Illinois 82
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

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 4 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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