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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$3,384 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 #97 most popular major in Nebraska with 56 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nebraska 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. 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northeast Community College the best value school in Nebraska for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast are $3,750 per year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Northeast take out while working on their Associate Degree is $9,356.

Northeast also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 3 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Community College Area landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Community College are $3,192 a year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Southeast Community College take out an average of $18,797 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Southeast Community College also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #2.

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#3

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Central Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Community College are $3,210 per year.

Central Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 73
Minnesota 191
Kansas 64
Iowa 40
South Dakota 19

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 3 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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