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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$5,311 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 #15 most popular major in Iowa with 103 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.

The Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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.

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 Iowa

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Western Iowa Tech Community College the best value school in Iowa for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 per year.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kirkwood Community College are $5,700 a year.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Kirkwood Community College

Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. DMACC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DMACC also made our Best Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 130
Missouri 137
Minnesota 333
South Dakota 20
Nebraska 152

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 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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