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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You
With 193 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #24 most popular major in Pennsylvania.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree 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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Check out the design engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology the best value school in Pennsylvania for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Penn College are $17,940 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburgh Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.
Pittsburgh Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,974 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Pittsburgh Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $16,742. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $249.
Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Pittsburgh Technical College Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Berks Technical Institute. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Berks Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wyomissing.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend YTI Career Institute-York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. YTI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of York.
Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at YTI Career Institute-York Report
Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 223 |
| New Jersey | 19 |
| Maryland | 157 |
| Delaware | 9 |
Majors Related to Design Engineering Tech
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
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 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).
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