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Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

12 Colleges
$41,776 Avg Salary
$13,715 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.

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 Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named West Kentucky Community and Technical College the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Elizabethtown.

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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 pursuing an online degree. Chattahoochee Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Marietta.

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#4

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 12 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Delgado Community College is a large public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Piedmont Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Albany Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Albany Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Albany.

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With a ranking of #7, Holmes Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Georgia Northwestern Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Central Georgia Technical College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Mountain Empire Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. MECC is a small public school located in the distant town of Big Stone Gap.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 339
South Carolina 112
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
Florida 450
West Virginia 8
Louisiana 183
Virginia 115
Alabama 212
Kentucky 307
Tennessee 122
Mississippi 227

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 12 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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