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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$5,704 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,027 Avg Salary

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

With 183 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #20 most popular major in Louisiana.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Louisiana 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. 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 Louisiana

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 Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Fletcher Technical Community College the best value school in Louisiana for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $4,119 per year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at SOWELA Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Louisiana. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public school with a small student population.

SOWELA undergraduate students pay an average of $4,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at SOWELA Technical Community College Report

Out of the 5 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, South Louisiana Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. South Louisiana Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lafayette.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Louisiana Community College are $4,205 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at South Louisiana Community College accumulate an average of around $13,823 in student debt.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at South Louisiana Community College Report

#4

ITI Technical College

Baton Rouge, LA

The excellent associate degree programs at ITI Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Louisiana. ITI Technical College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ITI Technical College are $11,711 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana Delta Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list. LDCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LDCC are $4,159 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Louisiana Delta Community College Report

Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 112
Georgia 339
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
Virginia 115
West Virginia 8
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

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 5 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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