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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Colorado

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,126 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,027 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 296 degrees and certificates were awarded to drafting & design engineering technology students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School

#1

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

Our analysis found Front Range Community College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Colorado. FRCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,126 in in-state 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.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 143
Idaho 91
Montana 10
Wyoming 28

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

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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