2023 Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
55
Degrees Awarded
$27,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CAD/CADD Drafting Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology is the 481st most popular major in the country with 2,270 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 421 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CAD/CADD Drafting Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CAD/CADD Drafting Tech for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying cad/cadd drafting tech.
Top 1 Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CAD/CADD Drafting Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trine University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Angola, Indiana, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Trine also made our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 3,573 students enrolled at Trine, 61 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,322. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Trine University]](/colleges/trine-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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