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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$10,686 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #154 most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Drafting & Design Engineering

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $19,592 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Cuyahoga Community College District helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Cuyahoga Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cuyahoga Community College District are $8,586 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Macomb 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 Great Lakes Region . Macomb Community College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.

Macomb Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,680 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lorain County Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. LCCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Elyria.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCCC are $8,405 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis and Clark Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Lewis and Clark Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,552 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Lake Land College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lake Land College are $13,906 a year.

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#7

Vincennes University

Vincennes, IN

Vincennes University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Vincennes University is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Vincennes.

Vincennes University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,253 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Vincennes University is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Sinclair Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Sinclair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,076 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting and design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 193
Ohio 43
Illinois 82
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

One of 18 majors within the area of study, drafting and design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 8 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.

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