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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,991 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,874 Avg Salary

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

With 19 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #106 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota 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.

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

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

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Tech are $7,650 per year.

Southeast Tech also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Southeast Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Dakota Tech are $8,332 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, design engineering tech graduates from Western Dakota Tech carry an average student debtload of $20,841.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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
Nebraska 56

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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