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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,087 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

With 73 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #136 most popular major in Missouri.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best value programs for design engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Drafting & Design Engineering

$9,078 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Missouri the best value school in Missouri for drafting and design engineering technology students. UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCM are $9,078 a year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at UCM take out is $20,160.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at University of Central Missouri Report

$7,095 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend State Technical College of Missouri. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Missouri list. Located in the rural area of Linn, STC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at STC are $7,095 a year. While working on their degree, design engineering tech majors at STC accumulate an average of around $10,000 in student debt.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 191
Kansas 64
Iowa 40
Nebraska 56
South Dakota 19

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 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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