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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,917 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 #184 most popular major in New York with 156 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New York to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for design engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

#1

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY

Our analysis found Erie Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in New York. Located in the city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Erie Community College are $5,722 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York City College of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. City Tech is a large public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at City Tech are $7,320 per year.

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#3

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

Out of the 5 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Delhi landed the # 3 spot on the list. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the town of Delhi.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Delhi are $8,640 per year. Design Engineering Tech majors at SUNY Delhi take out an average of $13,348 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Island Drafting and Technical Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Island Drafting and Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Amityville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Island Drafting and Technical Institute are $16,950 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York list. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

RIT undergraduate students pay an average of $50,951 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RIT also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 183
Maryland 105
New Jersey 8
Delaware 9

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

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 5 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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