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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,912 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 #18 most popular major in Michigan with 255 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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.

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

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Central Michigan University the best value school in Michigan for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Michigan are $13,703 a year. The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Central Michigan take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $27,649.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WMU are $14,623 per year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $16,410 per year.

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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
Indiana 315
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

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 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.

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