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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$21,246 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,027 Avg Salary

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #20 most popular major in the country with 8,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which associate degree 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 Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named College of Western Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. CWI is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Nampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at College of Western Idaho Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, design engineering tech graduates from UVU carry an average student debtload of $10,353.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #5 for overall quality for design engineering tech in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Utah Valley University Report

#3

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Front Range Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,776 in tuition and fees each year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from FRCC take out $13,821 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Front Range Community College

The excellent associate degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $17,084 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Weber State University Report

#5

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 #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISU are $25,936 per year.

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Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Bozeman are $29,604 a year.

MSU Bozeman also claimed a spot on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Montana State University Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 296
Utah 143
Idaho 91
Montana 10
Wyoming 28

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

Design Engineering Tech Concentrations

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 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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