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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,586 people earned their degree in general drafting and design technology, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 205 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general drafting and design technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general drafting and design technology 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 general drafting and design technology 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 General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Drafting & Design Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Grand Island, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified associates’s general drafting and design tech students in 2019-2020.

Central Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,028 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Central Community College.

Full Central Community College General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. State Technical College of Missouri is located in Linn, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees to qualified students.

STC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend State Technical College of Missouri is $13,564 for plains states region associate degree general drafting & design tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full STC General Drafting & Design Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees to qualified students.

WSU Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,920 for plains states region associate degree general drafting & design tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology.

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#4

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

OTC also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OTC is $10,105 for Plains States Region Associate Degree General Drafting & Design Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5

Western Dakota Technical Institute

Rapid City, South Dakota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Drafting & Design Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Western Dakota Technical Institute is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Dakota Tech also made our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Western Dakota Tech is $16,063 for plains states region associate degree general drafting & design tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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