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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$21,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,303 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,964 people earned a degree or certificate in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the #154 most popular in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for design engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses the best value school in the United States for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trine are $9,576 a year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $482.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Trine also is in the top 10% of our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Michigan are $13,094 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design engineering tech graduates from Central Michigan carry an average student debtload of $31,036.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Central Michigan University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the United States. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WMU are $16,768 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the United States. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great value for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCM are $16,815 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, design engineering tech majors at UCM accumulate an average of around $21,756 in student debt.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at University of Central Missouri Report

Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SHSU are $18,752 a year.

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Murray State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Murray.

Murray State undergraduate students pay an average of $18,528 in tuition and fees each year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Murray State take out an average of $18,027 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Weber State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $16,644 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Weber State University Report

#9

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECU are $23,574 per year.

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#10

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Academy of Art University are $25,424 a year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Academy of Art University take out $41,863 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $647.

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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 13 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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