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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$7,452 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, drafting and design engineering technology was ranked #154 in the country. In fact 8,964 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found San Jacinto Community College to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Laredo College

Laredo, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Laredo College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Laredo College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Laredo.

Laredo College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,748 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Tarrant County College District helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting and design engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year.

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#4

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX

Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the # 4 spot on the list. DMC is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMC are $5,930 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Austin Community College District take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $15,263.

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Central New Mexico Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,540 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting and design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 397
Arizona 38
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 15

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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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