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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
143 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 9,770 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,947 and had an average of $20,124 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,644 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,533 and $19,253 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in drafting and design engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drafting and design engineering 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 drafting and design engineering 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 Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,924 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Eastern Michigan University.

Full Eastern Michigan Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

#3

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 31 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Western Michigan University is $19,433 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Western Michigan University Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,285 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend IUPUI.

Read more about Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

#5

Trine University

Angola, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trine University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Trine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angola, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Trine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $23,202 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Trine University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Trine 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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