2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Far Western US region, there were 1,583 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,850 and $58,382 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 134 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree design engineering tech students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 134 degrees to qualified masters’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Academy of Art University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology

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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