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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$22,329 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,303 Avg Salary

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #154 most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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 Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses the best value school in the Great Lakes Region 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $9,576 per year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $482.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Trine also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Report

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Michigan are $13,094 a year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Central Michigan take out an average of $31,036 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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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 Great Lakes Region . WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WMU are $16,768 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Western Michigan University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

Eastern Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $15,500 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan University Report

#5

Trine University

Angola, IN

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trine University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Angola.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trine are $34,180 a year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $482.

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With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at IUPUI are $32,101 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting and design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 193
Ohio 43
Illinois 82
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

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

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 6 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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