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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$25,424 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,250 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

In 2020-2021, 464 degrees and certificates were awarded to drafting and design engineering technology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #131 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in California ranking.

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.

Check out the design engineering tech programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA
$25,424 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Academy of Art University the best value school in California for drafting and design engineering technology students. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Academy of Art University are $25,424 per year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Academy of Art University take out $45,500 in student loans while working on their degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $647.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Academy of Art University Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 100
Oregon 50
Nevada 2
Hawaii 26
Alaska 6

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 values are for the top school 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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