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2023 Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$25,424 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,474 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #246 most popular major in the country with 145 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges.

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA
$25,424 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Academy of Art University to be the best value school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Academy of Art University undergraduate students pay an average of $25,424 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting and design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 123

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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