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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,828 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 #169 most popular major in Illinois with 82 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois 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 Illinois

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

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

Our analysis found Lewis and Clark Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lewis and Clark Community College are $9,552 a year.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Land College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lake Land College are $8,104 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Lake Land College Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 193
Ohio 43
Indiana 150
Wisconsin 153

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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