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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$3,725 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,687 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #66 most popular major in Mississippi with 105 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.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in Mississippi

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

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College take out is $10,000.

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#2

Pearl River Community College

Poplarville, MS
$3,500 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Pearl River Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Poplarville, Pearl River Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Pearl River Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Pearl River Community College

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 71
Virginia 26
North Carolina 40
Florida 56
Tennessee 0
Kentucky 37
South Carolina 36
Louisiana 65
Arkansas 23
Alabama 67
West Virginia 4

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 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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