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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$4,406 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Drafting & Design Engineering

$4,430 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Chattanooga State Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chattanooga State Community College are $4,430 per year.

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$4,422 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast State Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Blountville, Northeast State Technical Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast State Technical Community College are $4,422 per year.

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$4,400 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Cleveland State Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cleveland State Community College are $4,400 a year.

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$4,372 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashville State Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Nashville State Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.

Nashville State Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,372 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
Kentucky 37
South Carolina 36
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 4 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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