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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate 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. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.
Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Drafting & Design Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Portland Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Portland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.
Portland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,670 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Portland Community College Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bremerton, OC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OC are $9,740 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, OC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Olympic College Report
Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State
Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Washington | 451 |
California | 760 |
Oregon | 182 |
Nevada | 15 |
Alaska | 6 |
Hawaii | 38 |
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
Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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.
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