2022 Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest 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 Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD is the 579th most popular major in the country with 1,167 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 141 mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting cad/cadd students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$10,114 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. TSTC is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for southwest region associate degree mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting cad/cadd students.

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#2

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$5,539 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s mechanical drafting and mechanical drafting CAD/CADD students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Dona Ana also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is $5,539 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD

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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