2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Far Western US region, there were 133 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,390 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $29,390 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Academy of Art University CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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