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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$7,900 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southeast Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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 Southeast Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. BRCC is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BRCC are $4,221 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fletcher Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

Fletcher Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,119 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SOWELA Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.

SOWELA undergraduate students pay an average of $4,325 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Louisiana Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. South Louisiana Community College is a medium-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.

South Louisiana Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are $7,250 a year.

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Arkansas State University - Beebe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Beebe, ASU-Beebe is a public college with a small student population.

ASU-Beebe undergraduate students pay an average of $4,728 in tuition and fees each year.

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Tidewater 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 #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tidewater Community College are $11,564 a year.

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Louisiana Delta Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. LDCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Monroe.

LDCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,159 in tuition and fees each year.

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Remington College - Mobile Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Remington College - Mobile Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Mobile.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Remington College - Mobile Campus are $20,393 per year. Design Engineering Tech majors at Remington College - Mobile Campus take out an average of $12,316 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Northeast State Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Blountville, Northeast State Technical Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast State Technical Community College are $17,238 a year.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 112
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 11 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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