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2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

12 Ranked Colleges
353 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 353 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drafting and design engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drafting and design engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drafting and design engineering 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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The design engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,677 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend University of Central Missouri.

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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 Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students with aid.

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#3

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State is $11,390 for bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students with aid.

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#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend WMU.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid.

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With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend IUPUI is $11,285 for bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students with aid.

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Weber State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Ogden, Utah, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,968 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend WSU.

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#8

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

East Carolina University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. East Carolina University is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend ECU is $15,844 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid.

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#9

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid.

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#10

Trine University

Angola, Indiana

Trine University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in Angola, Indiana, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Trine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $23,202 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend Trine.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#11

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Pennsylvania College of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #11. Penn College is a small school located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania that handed out 26 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid.

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#12

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

With a ranking of #12, Academy of Art University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees to 117 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students with aid.

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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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