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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$1,651 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

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

With 15 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #127 most popular major in New Mexico.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

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.

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

Check out the design engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

Our 2023 rankings named San Juan College the best value school in New Mexico for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SJC are $1,618 per year.

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Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CNM are $1,684 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $12,862 in student debt.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 397
Arizona 38
Oklahoma 29

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 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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