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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$25,326 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

Our analysis found College of Western Idaho to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CWI undergraduate students pay an average of $7,344 in tuition and fees each year.

CWI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at College of Western Idaho

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. ISU is a large public school located in the small city of Pocatello.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISU are $25,326 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Idaho State University Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 26
Utah 61
Idaho 51
Montana 8
Wyoming 15

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 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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