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

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

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

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.

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 the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 95 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate 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.

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

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Our analysis found Valencia College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Valencia College is a very large public school located in the large city of Orlando.

Of the 103 students majoring in design engineering tech at Valencia College, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Chattahoochee Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Chattahoochee Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Marietta.

Of the 53 students majoring in design engineering tech at Chattahoochee Technical College, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 53% are male.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southern Union State Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drafting & design engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . Southern Union State Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wadley.

Of the 34 students majoring in design engineering tech at Southern Union State Community College, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Hazard Community and Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Hazard, Hazard Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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#6

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Miami Dade College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. MDC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Miami.

Women make up 59% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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#7

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Trident Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Charleston, Trident Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 38% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Seminole State College of Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate drafting & design engineering technology programs. Located in the small city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 22% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Eastern Florida State College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. EFSC is a large public school located in the small city of Melbourne.

Women make up 46% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Bluegrass Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for drafting & design engineering technology students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the city of Lexington.

About 11% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 89% are male.

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Athens Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, Athens Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 40% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate drafting & design engineering technology programs. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Elizabethtown.

Women make up 4% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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#13

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. GTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

Of the 34 students majoring in design engineering tech at GTC, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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#13

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Delgado Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

About 9% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 91% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Drafting & Design Engineering students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
15 Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville, GA
16 Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA
17 Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland, KY
18 Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville, AL
18 Lanier Technical College Gainesville, GA
18 Alamance Community College Graham, NC

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology schools 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 27 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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