2022 Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate

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” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD is the 1165th most popular major in the country with 105 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD

#1

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Kirkland, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,713 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Washington Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. LWTech is a small school located in Kirkland, Washington that handed out 6 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LWTech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,713 for associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students per year to attend LWTech.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$14,633 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College 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 estimated yearly cost for Southeast Technical College is $14,633 for associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students.

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#3

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#4 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Dona Ana is $5,539 for Associate Degree Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD students.

Read more about Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

#4

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$33,167 Average Net Price

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. RIT is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees to qualified students.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $33,167 for associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students per year to attend Rochester Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD at Rochester Institute of 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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