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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$2,790 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 450 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #21 most popular major in Florida.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida 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.

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 Florida

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

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

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Florida. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the city of Orlando.

Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Valencia College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Florida list.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Valencia College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Florida State College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. EFSC is a large public school located in the city of Melbourne.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EFSC are $2,791 per year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Eastern Florida State College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Seminole State College of Florida is a great value for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Seminole State are $3,131 a year.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Seminole State College of Florida Report

#4

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

Out of the 4 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian River State College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Indian River State College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce.

Indian River State College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,764 in in-state tuition and fees each 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
West Virginia 8
Louisiana 183
Virginia 115
Alabama 212
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 4 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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