2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$2,148 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Rome, Georgia that handed out 4 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 $2,148 for southeast region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students with aid.

Full Georgia Northwestern Technical College CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech students in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College also made our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,408 for southeast region associate degree cad/cadd drafting tech students with aid per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read full report on CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Tidewater Community College

#3

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$11,110 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 Getting Aid list. Gwinnett Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It awarded 8 associates’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

GTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $11,110 for Southeast Region Associate Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students with aid per year to attend GTC.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at GTC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (With Aid)

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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