2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 9,770 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drafting and design engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drafting and design engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 drafting and design engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s design engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 134 masters’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Academy of Art University Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

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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