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

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

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$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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region 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 West Kentucky Community and Technical College the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Holmes Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 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 undergraduate certificate. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Elizabethtown.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at Bossier Parish Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . Bossier Parish Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Bossier City.

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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
South Carolina 112
Georgia 339
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 4 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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