2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology is the 448th most popular major in the country with 2,532 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 644 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 114 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician 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 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician 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 CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$772 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rome, Georgia, and it awarded 4 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College is $772 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Georgia Northwestern Technical College

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$6,721 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tidewater Community College is $6,721 for southeast region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Tidewater Community College CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#3

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$10,032 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gwinnett Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. GTC is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees to qualified students.

GTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Gwinnett Technical College is $10,032 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full GTC CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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