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

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

5 Colleges
$41,264 Avg Salary
$14,032 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.

The Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States 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.

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

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

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#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means State Fair Community College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students pursuing an online degree. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Kansas City.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National American University - Rapid City landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online drafting & design engineering technology schools 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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