2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #20 most popular major in the country with 8,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the design engineering tech bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Murray State University

Murray, KY

14 Bachelor's Degrees

#8 in Quality in the Southeast Region

$18,888 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Murray State University to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Murray State is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Murray.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Murray State are $18,888 per year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Murray State take out an average of $19,893 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Murray State also is in the top 5% of our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Murray State University Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

22 Bachelor's Degrees

#12 in Quality in the Southeast Region

$23,602 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,602 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at East Carolina University Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Related Majors for Design Engineering Tech

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Design Engineering Tech Concentrations

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.