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Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Texas

2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Texas

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$50,303 Avg Salary
$27,669 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 1,107 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #16 most popular major in Texas.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Texas to see which bachelor's 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the most popular school in Texas for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 75% are male.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from SHSU take out $22,208 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Houston, Ai Houston is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of San Antonio landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ai San Antonio is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Texas list. Ai Austin is a small private for-profit school located in the distant town of Bastrop.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 150
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 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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