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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

45 Colleges
$6,594 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,964 people earned a degree or certificate in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the #154 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 45 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Baton Rouge Community College the best value school in the United States for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. BRCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BRCC are $4,221 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,826 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northeast Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,010 in tuition and fees each year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Northeast take out an average of $6,276 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Ridgewater College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public school with a small student population.

Ridgewater College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,914 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ridgewater College also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Fletcher Technical Community College is a great value for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

Fletcher Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,981 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, SOWELA Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SOWELA are $4,265 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, San Jacinto Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 per year.

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South Louisiana Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate drafting and design engineering technology programs. South Louisiana Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Louisiana Community College are $4,205 a year.

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Spokane Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Spokane Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,135 in tuition and fees each year.

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Anoka Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Anoka, Anoka Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Anoka Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,075 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Anoka Technical College also is in the top 20% of our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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