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2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which online basic certificate 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named West Kentucky Community and Technical College the most popular online school in the United States for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 53% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

Women make up 4% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Chattahoochee Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Chattahoochee Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Marietta.

Of the 53 students majoring in design engineering tech at Chattahoochee Technical College, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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#4

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Delgado Community College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Delgado Community College is a large public school located in the city of New Orleans.

About 9% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 91% are male.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Northcentral Technical 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 small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online basic certificate drafting & design engineering technology programs. Located in the city of Harrisburg, HACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Georgia Piedmont Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Minnesota State College Southeast ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 33% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Albany Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Albany.

About 60% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#10

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Ridgewater College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public college with a small student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 75% are male.

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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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