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Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of all the majors we analyze each year, drafting & design engineering technology was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 8,822 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral Technical College the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

Of the 34 students majoring in design engineering tech at North Central Technical College, 76% are male and 24% are female.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Northcentral Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Terra State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Fremont, Terra Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 25% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 255
Indiana 315
Wisconsin 246
Ohio 148
Illinois 339

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, drafting & design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Engineering Tech Focus Areas

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 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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