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

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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 795 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,843 and $16,362 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,874 Average Net Price

$53,537 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. UCM is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UCM is $15,874 for plains states region bachelor’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of Central Missouri Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (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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