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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,532 people earned their degree in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician, making the major the 448th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 124 CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in CAD/CADD drafting and/or design technology/technician. 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 18 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #4 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,677 for Bachelor’s Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students with aid per year to attend University of Central Missouri.

Full University of Central Missouri CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Report

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 3 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,924 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students with aid per year to attend Eastern Michigan University.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Eastern Michigan University

#3

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Murray State is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 13 bachelors’s CAD/CADD drafting tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Murray State University is $11,390 for Bachelor’s Degree CAD/CADD Drafting Tech students with aid.

Read full report on CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Murray State

#4

Trine University

Angola, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trine University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Trine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Angola, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Trine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $23,202 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students with aid per year to attend Trine University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Trine University

#5

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value CAD/CADD Drafting Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #5 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $34,145 for bachelor’s degree cad/cadd drafting tech students with aid per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Read more about CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology at Academy of Art University

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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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