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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k)

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$16,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 124 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. UCM is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 18 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCM, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Missouri is $10,608 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UCM CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Michigan University is $13,904 for Bachelor’s Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Eastern Michigan

#3

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Murray State is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,839 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Murray State University.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Murray State

#4

Trine University

Angola, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trine University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Trine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angola, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,700 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Trine.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Trine CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#5

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also took the #2 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $29,390 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read full report on CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Academy of Art University

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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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