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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

45 Colleges
$6,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 45 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for design engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Baton Rouge Community College the best value school in the United States for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. BRCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BRCC are $4,221 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,946 per year.

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Out of the 45 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,130 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, design engineering tech graduates from Northeast carry an average student debtload of $7,206.

Northeast also claimed a spot on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Out of the 45 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ridgewater College are $6,114 a year.

Ridgewater College also claimed a spot on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 45 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Fletcher Technical Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fletcher Technical Community College are $4,119 a year.

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SOWELA Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SOWELA are $4,325 a year.

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San Jacinto Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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South Louisiana Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. South Louisiana Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.

South Louisiana Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,205 in tuition and fees each year.

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Spokane Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spokane Community College are $5,278 per year.

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Anoka Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Anoka, Anoka Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Anoka Technical College are $6,075 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Anoka Technical College also did well on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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 25 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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