2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,532 people earned their degree in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician, making the major the 448th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 133 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Kirkland, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$6,852 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lake Washington Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Kirkland, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LWTech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $6,852 for far western us region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

Full Lake Washington Institute of Technology CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$29,390 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $29,390 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Academy of Art University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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