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2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$7,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,770 people earned their degree in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,947 and had an average of $20,124 in loans still to pay off.

Across West Virginia, there were 8 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drafting and design engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia associate degree design engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in West Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College is $7,439 for West Virginia Associate Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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