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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology is the 448th most popular major in the country with 2,532 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 644 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 114 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$11,110 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gwinnett Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gwinnett Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It awarded 8 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students list, GTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,110 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students per year to attend Gwinnett Technical College.

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

#2

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$2,148 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Rome, Georgia. It awarded 4 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $2,148 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students per year to attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Georgia Northwestern Technical College

#3

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 14 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tidewater Community College is $8,408 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students.

Full Tidewater Community College CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology

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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