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

2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

Our analysis found Cochise County Community College District to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public college with a small student population.

Read full report on Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Cochise County Community College District

Our 2023 rankings named Texas State Technical College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

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Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Grants the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Grants, NMSU Grants is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 150
Texas 1,107
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 46

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 3 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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