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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$18,752 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 #20 most popular major in the country with 8,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SHSU are $18,752 a year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from SHSU take out $22,208 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 150
Texas 1,107
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 46

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

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 values are for the top school 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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