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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,229 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Spokane Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $9,670 per year.

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#3

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olympic College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a small student population.

OC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,740 in tuition and fees each year.

OC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 451
California 760
Oregon 182
Nevada 15
Alaska 6
Hawaii 38

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 3 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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