2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

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 Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 105 people earned their degree in civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD, making the major the 1165th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 8 civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,333 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 8 associates’s civil drafting and civil engineering CAD/CADD degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southeast Technical College is $16,333 for plains states region associate degree civil drafting and civil engineering cad/cadd students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Southeast Tech Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD (Income $75-$110k)

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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