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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,397 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate 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.

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 Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee 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.

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.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found Northeast State Community College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Tennessee. Northeast State Technical Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Blountville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeast State Technical Community College are $4,422 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Nashville State Community College is a great value for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nashville State Community College are $4,372 a year.

Nashville State Community College also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #4.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 112
Georgia 339
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
Virginia 115
Louisiana 183
West Virginia 8
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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