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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,517 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,303 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #17 most popular major in Indiana with 315 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for design engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses the best value school in Indiana for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Angola, Trine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $9,576 per year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $613, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Trine is ranked #1 for overall quality for design engineering tech in Indiana.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Indiana. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI undergraduate students pay an average of $10,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, design engineering tech majors at IUPUI accumulate an average of around $24,498 in student debt.

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#3

Trine University

Angola, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trine University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the distant town of Angola, Trine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $34,890 per year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $613, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 255
Wisconsin 246
Ohio 148
Illinois 339

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 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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