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Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

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Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

With 193 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #24 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs 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.

Check out the design engineering tech basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Pennsylvania.

Our analysis found Harrisburg Area Community College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Community College of Philadelphia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drafting & design engineering technology schools in Pennsylvania. Community College of Philadelphia is a large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Women make up 50% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Delaware County Community College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Community College of Allegheny County helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drafting & design engineering technology schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in design engineering tech at CCAC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 223
New Jersey 19
Maryland 157
Delaware 9

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, drafting & design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Engineering Tech Focus Areas

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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