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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 205 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology in the Plains States Region

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Grand Island, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Central Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Community College is $8,235 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students.

Full Central Community College General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Technical College of Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. State Technical College of Missouri is a small school located in Linn, Missouri that handed out 20 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

STC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,926 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students per year to attend STC.

Full State Technical College of Missouri General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology is a small school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 5 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WSU Tech is $11,308 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students.

Read full report on General Drafting & Design Technology at WSU Tech

#4

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. OTC is a fairly large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 12 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OTC also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ozarks Technical Community College is $7,908 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students.

Full Ozarks Technical Community College General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#5

Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, South Dakota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school situated in Rapid City, South Dakota. It awarded 6 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Dakota Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $14,388 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students per year to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute.

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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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