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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,415 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 122 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #21 most popular major in Tennessee.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Chattanooga State Community College the best value school in Tennessee for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Chattanooga, Chattanooga State Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Chattanooga State Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,430 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Chattanooga State Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Cleveland State Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Cleveland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cleveland State Community College are $4,400 per year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Cleveland State Community 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
South Carolina 112
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
West Virginia 8
Louisiana 183
Virginia 115
Alabama 212
Kentucky 307
Mississippi 227

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, drafting & design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Engineering Tech Focus Areas

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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