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Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota

2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota

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$41,027 Avg Salary
$12,811 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #21 most popular major in South Dakota with 20 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Drafting & Design Engineering Technology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for design engineering tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our analysis found Western Dakota Technical Institute to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Dakota. Western Dakota Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Rapid City.

Of the 8 students majoring in design engineering tech at Western Dakota Tech, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The in-demand associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drafting & design engineering technology schools in South Dakota. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Women make up 15% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National American University - Rapid City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota list. Located in the city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 130
Missouri 137
Minnesota 333
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

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 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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