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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You
With 450 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #21 most popular major in Florida.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Florida 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering
Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Florida. Valencia College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orlando.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Valencia College are $2,474 a year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Valencia College take out an average of $12,667 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Valencia College is ranked #4 for overall quality for design engineering tech in Florida.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Eastern Florida State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Florida. EFSC is a large public school located in the city of Melbourne.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EFSC are $2,791 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seminole State College of Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seminole State are $3,131 per year.
Request InformationBest Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 112 |
Georgia | 339 |
Arkansas | 78 |
North Carolina | 97 |
West Virginia | 8 |
Virginia | 115 |
Louisiana | 183 |
Tennessee | 122 |
Alabama | 212 |
Kentucky | 307 |
Mississippi | 227 |
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Related Majors for Design Engineering Tech
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Design Engineering Tech Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 3 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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