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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Florida

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$2,799 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,027 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

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 very large public school located in the city of Orlando.

Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,474 in in-state tuition and fees each 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Florida State College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. EFSC is a large public school located in the city of Melbourne.

EFSC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,791 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Seminole State College of Florida is a great value for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seminole State are $3,131 per year.

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Best 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
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 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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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