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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$7,577 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found San Jacinto Community College to be the best value school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

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

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#2

Laredo College

Laredo, TX

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Laredo College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Laredo, Laredo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Laredo College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,748 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Tarrant County College District helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Tarrant County College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,235 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Del Mar College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . DMC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMC are $5,990 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Austin Community College District helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . Austin Community College District is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $10,590 per year. On average, design engineering tech graduates from Austin Community College District take out $13,016 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Central New Mexico Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNM are $7,978 a year.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 150
Texas 1,107
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 46

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

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 6 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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