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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 227 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #17 most popular major in Mississippi.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Mississippi 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

#1

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, MS

34 Associate Degrees

#5 in Quality in Mississippi

$3,950 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are $3,950 a year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College take out $11,012 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi list.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Report

#2

Pearl River Community College

Poplarville, MS

17 Associate Degrees

#6 in Quality in Mississippi

$3,500 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Pearl River Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Mississippi. Pearl River Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote area of Poplarville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pearl River Community College are $3,500 a year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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.

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