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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,960 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #19 most popular major in Alabama with 212 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for design engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design engineering tech majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named John C Calhoun State Community College the best value school in Alabama for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Calhoun Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Tanner.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Calhoun Community College are $5,000 per year.

Calhoun Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Alabama list.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at John C Calhoun State Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coastal Alabama Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the town of Bay Minette, Coastal Alabama Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Coastal Alabama Community College are $4,920 a year.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 339
South Carolina 112
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
West Virginia 8
Louisiana 183
Virginia 115
Kentucky 307
Tennessee 122
Mississippi 227

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 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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