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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$5,474 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #145 most popular major in South Carolina with 36 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in South Carolina

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found Greenville Technical College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in South Carolina. GTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GTC are $5,186 a year.

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#2

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midlands Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of West Columbia, MTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MTC are $5,916 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Orangeburg, OCtech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OCtech are $5,714 a year.

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$4,870 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the suburb of Florence, Florence-Darlington Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Florence-Darlington Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,870 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC
$5,315 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Piedmont Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Carolina list. Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Greenwood.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Piedmont Technical College are $5,315 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, Tri-County Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drafting and design engineering technology students. TCTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Pendleton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TCTC are $5,840 a year.

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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
Louisiana 65
Arkansas 23
Alabama 67
Mississippi 105
West Virginia 4

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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