2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #145 most popular major in South Carolina with 36 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

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 South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design engineering tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	71
Virginia	26
North Carolina	40
Florida	56
Tennessee	0
Kentucky	37
Louisiana	65
Arkansas	23
Alabama	67
Mississippi	105
West Virginia	4

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Related Majors for Design Engineering Tech

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

Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.