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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,991 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,098 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

With 19 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #106 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota 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.

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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design engineering tech majors pursuing a .

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

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD
$7,650 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Technical College the best value school in South Dakota for drafting and design engineering technology students. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Southeast Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Western Dakota Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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
Missouri 73
Minnesota 191
Kansas 64
Iowa 40
Nebraska 56

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 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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