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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$5,967 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

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

With 397 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #118 most popular major in Texas.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas 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.

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 Texas

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

Best Texas 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 Texas. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at San Jacinto College are $3,240 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tarrant County College are $3,402 a year.

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#3

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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Laredo, Laredo College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Laredo College are $4,500 per year.

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#4

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Del Mar College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

DMC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,820 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 5 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Austin Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,580 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, design engineering tech graduates from Austin Community College District carry an average student debtload of $15,263.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Austin Community College District Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 38
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 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 5 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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