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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Howard Community College

If you are interested in studying drafting and design engineering technology, you may want to check out the program at Howard Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 7 students received their associate's degree in design engineering tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Drafting & Design Engineering Technology section at the bottom of this page.

HCC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Design Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Design Engineering Tech

HCC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Rankings

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Design Engineering Tech Student Demographics at HCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design engineering tech majors at Howard Community College.

HCC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate’s Program

43% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of design engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design engineering tech only graduates about 26% women each year. The program at HCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard Community College with a associate's in design engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Drafting & Design Engineering Technology

If you plan to be a design engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Drafting & Design Technology	17

Careers That Design Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in design engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Mechanical Drafters	1,340	$65,420
Architectural and Civil Drafters	1,240	$64,560
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	540	$61,750
Drafters	270	$79,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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