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Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Minnesota

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

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

With 333 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #13 most popular major in Minnesota.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Minnesota 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

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

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

On average, design engineering tech graduates from MSC Southeast take out $17,124 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Minnesota State College Southeast

#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the 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.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from Ridgewater College take out $11,004 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Ridgewater College

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 130
Missouri 137
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

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 2 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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