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

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

5 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for design engineering tech majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State College Southeast the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

About 32% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 68% are male.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at MSC Southeast accumulate an average of around $17,124 in student debt.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Minnesota State College Southeast Report

#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ridgewater College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online associate degree. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in design engineering tech at Ridgewater College, 76% are male and 24% are female.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at Ridgewater College accumulate an average of around $11,004 in student debt.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, State Fair Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas City Kansas Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Kansas City.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at National American University - Rapid City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online drafting & design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 130
Missouri 137
Minnesota 333
South Dakota 20
Iowa 103
Nebraska 152

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 averages are for the top 5 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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