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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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$41,027 Avg Salary
$12,811 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #20 most popular major in the country with 8,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the design engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . Valencia College is a very large public school located in the city of Orlando.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from Valencia College take out $12,667 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Eastern Florida State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . EFSC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Melbourne.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College accumulate an average of around $11,012 in student debt.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Greenville Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a large student population.

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#5

ITI Technical College

Baton Rouge, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend ITI Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. ITI Technical College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Baton Rouge.

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With a ranking of #6, Pierpont Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Georgia Northwestern Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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SOWELA Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public school with a small student population.

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Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Orangeburg, OCtech is a public college with a small student population.

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Fletcher Technical Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree drafting & design engineering technology programs. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 112
Georgia 339
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
West Virginia 8
Louisiana 183
Virginia 115
Alabama 212
Kentucky 307
Tennessee 122
Mississippi 227

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Design Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Drafting & Design Technology 4,028
CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology 2,179
Architectural Drafting & Architectural CAD/CADD 1,318
Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD 1,058
Civil Drafting & Civil Engineering CAD/CADD 104
Other Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies 72
Electrical/Electronics Drafting & Electrical/Electronics CAD/CADD 47

Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

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