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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

2 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 the Southeast region, there were 2,504 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,550 and $22,586 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State is $13,484 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Murray State University Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. East Carolina University is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 15 bachelors’s design engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, ECU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,933 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Design Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend ECU.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at ECU

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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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