2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in Maine

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 Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,770 people earned their degree in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States. 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 Maine, there were 27 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,148 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drafting and design engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drafting and design engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree design engineering tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s design engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Design Engineering Tech students per year to attend SMCC.

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#2

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,359 Average Net Price

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, York County Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. York County Community College is a public institution located in Wells, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $8,359 for maine associate degree design engineering tech students per year to attend York County Community College.

Read more about Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at York County Community College

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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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