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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology

5 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general drafting and design technology 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 General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology

#1

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Michigan University 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for bachelor’s degree general drafting & design tech students.

Read more about General Drafting & Design Technology at Western Michigan University

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for bachelor’s degree general drafting & design tech students.

Full SHSU General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $15,844 for Bachelor’s Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students.

Full East Carolina University General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#4

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Pennsylvania College of Technology 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Bachelor’s Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students.

Read full report on General Drafting & Design Technology at Penn College

#5

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 63 bachelors’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $34,145 for bachelor’s degree general drafting & design tech students per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Full Academy of Art University General Drafting & Design Technology Report

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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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