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

2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 school in the Southwest Region offering 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 this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Texas State Technical College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southwest Region . TSTC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

Of the 18 students majoring in design engineering tech at TSTC, 83% are male and 17% are female.

The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at TSTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,809.

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Explore the most popular online drafting & design engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 150
Texas 1,107
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 46

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

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 values are for the top school 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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