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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,119 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 61 degrees and certificates were awarded to drafting and design engineering technology students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #118 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Utah 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.

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.

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

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

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

Our analysis found Utah Valley University to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Utah. UVU is a very large public school located in the city of Orem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $6,010 per year.

UVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Weber State University is a great value for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ogden.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year.

WSU also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Utah list, coming in at #2.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Weber State University Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 26
Idaho 51
Montana 8
Wyoming 15

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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