2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 56 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 20 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 an Associate in Washington” 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 an Associate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in Washington

#1

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Kirkland, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,713 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington list. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees to 12 students 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 Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend LWTech is $7,713 for Washington Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students.

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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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