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2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 4,586 people earned their degree in general drafting and design technology, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general drafting and design technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general drafting and design technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general drafting and design technology 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 General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology (Income $30-$48k)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. East Carolina University is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees to qualified students.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,195 for bachelor’s degree general drafting & design tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ECU.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees to qualified students.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,276 for Bachelor’s Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend WMU.

Read more about General Drafting & Design Technology at WMU

#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees to qualified students.

SHSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $11,634 for Bachelor’s Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Sam Houston State University General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#4

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Penn College is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 26 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,081 for Bachelor’s Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Penn College.

Read full report on General Drafting & Design Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology

#5

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $34,125 for bachelor’s degree general drafting & design tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read more about General Drafting & Design Technology at Academy of Art University

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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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