2023 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
1,575
Degrees Awarded
$16,900
Avg Net Price*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,964 people earned their degree in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,263 and had an average of $17,275 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,575 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,474 and $45,500 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school awarded 105 degrees to qualified ’s design engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Portland Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $9,464 for Far Western US Region Design Engineering Tech students per year to attend Portland Community College.
Read more about Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Portland Community College
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Spokane Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Spokane, Washington, and it awarded 28 ’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Spokane Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $5,173 for far western us region design engineering tech students per year to attend Spokane Community College.
Full Spokane Community College Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 249 diplomas to qualified ’s design engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $36,143 for Far Western US Region Design Engineering Tech students per year to attend Academy of Art University.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Academy of Art University Drafting & Design Engineering 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
- *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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