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Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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$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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region 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 Southeast Region .

Our analysis found Elizabethtown Community and Technical College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southeast Region . Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Albany Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online associate degree. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Albany.

Of the 3 students majoring in design engineering tech at Albany Technical College, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 13% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Georgia Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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