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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,810 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,027 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 182 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #11 most popular major in Oregon.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Oregon ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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. 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.

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

Check out the design engineering tech associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Portland Community College the best value school in Oregon for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $4,810 per year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Portland Community College take out an average of $21,003 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Portland Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Oregon rankings.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Portland Community College Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 451
California 760
Nevada 15
Alaska 6
Hawaii 38

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

Design Engineering Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Drafting & Design Technology 4,028
CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology 2,179
Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD 1,318
Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD 1,058
Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD 104
Other Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies 72
Electrical/Electronics Drafting & Electrical/Electronics CAD/CADD 47

Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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