by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 151st most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 568 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,447 and $12,514 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in drafting and design engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their drafting and design engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small school located in Lewiston, Idaho that handed out 2 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lewis - Clark State College Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at WSU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Idaho State University is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 12 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at ISU
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