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

15 Colleges
$34,865 Avg Salary
$12,156 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which online undergraduate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford the most popular online school in the United States for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Bridgeport, Porter and Chester Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from Porter and Chester Institute take out $12,416 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Lane Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. Lane Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Eugene.

Of the 8 students majoring in design engineering tech at Lane Community College, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 75% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State College Southeast. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the distant town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

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#6

Charter College

Vancouver, WA

Charter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Vancouver, Charter College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in design engineering tech at Charter College, 92% are male and 8% are female.

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#6

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 undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 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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Bossier Parish Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Bossier City.

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State Fair Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools ranking. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

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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 15 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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