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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,663 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, 112 degrees and certificates were awarded to drafting & design engineering technology students who went to a South Carolina college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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 South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Carolina 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 South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Greenville Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GTC are $5,882 a year.

GTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Greenville Technical College

#2

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midlands Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of West Columbia, MTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MTC are $5,916 per year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Midlands Technical College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Orangeburg, OCtech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OCtech are $5,954 per year.

OCtech also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small suburb of Florence, Florence-Darlington Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Florence-Darlington Technical College are $4,900 a year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Florence-Darlington Technical College

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 339
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
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

Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech

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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