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2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools

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

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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

The Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online design engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Northcentral Technical College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the United States. Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Design Engineering Tech majors at North Central Technical College take out an average of $7,426 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Texas State Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. TSTC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

About 17% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 83% are male.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at TSTC accumulate an average of around $12,809 in student debt.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Minnesota State College Southeast helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 32% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at MSC Southeast take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,124.

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#4

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

About 76% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 24% are male.

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#5

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Ridgewater College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public school with a small student population.

About 24% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 76% are male.

The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Ridgewater College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,004.

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YTI Career Institute-York ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools list. Located in the midsize suburb of York, YTI is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in design engineering tech at YTI, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online associate degree. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

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State Fair Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree drafting & design engineering technology programs. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Sedalia.

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#8

Johnson College

Scranton, PA

Johnson College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking. Johnson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

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With a ranking of #10, Kansas City Kansas Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online associate degree. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a small public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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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 16 schools only.

  • 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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