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2022 Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$12,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 105 people earned their degree in civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD, making the major the 1165th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lake Washington Institute of Technology is located in Kirkland, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees to qualified students.

LWTech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,852 for Associate Degree Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend LWTech.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Dona Ana, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,942 for Associate Degree Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana.

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#3

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southeast Tech is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees to qualified students.

Southeast Tech also made our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Technical College is $12,596 for Associate Degree Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 1 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,095 for associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rochester Institute of Technology.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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