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Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 623 schools in the United States to see which 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.
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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the United States
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Top 25 Most Popular Trade Schools in Drafting & Design Engineering
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the most popular school for drafting & design engineering technology students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Olympic College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at San Jacinto Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.
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The excellent programs at Front Range Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public school with a large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Austin Community College District is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students. Austin Community College District is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
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With a ranking of #6, Academy of Art University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.
With a ranking of #7, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.
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With a ranking of #8, Valencia College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the large city of Orlando.
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With a ranking of #9, Lee College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Lee College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baytown.
With a ranking of #10, El Centro College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. El Centro College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Dallas.
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With a ranking of #11, Portland Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Portland Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Portland.
Hennepin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.
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Chattahoochee Technical College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools ranking. Chattahoochee Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Marietta.
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Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #14 on the list. WSU Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Wichita.
Pikes Peak Community College ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public college with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #16, Southern Union State Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Southern Union State Community College is a small public school located in the remote area of Wadley.
With a ranking of #17, West Kentucky Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
South Texas College landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular drafting & design engineering technology programs. South Texas College is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of McAllen.
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Central Community College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools ranking. Located in the city of Grand Island, Central Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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Eastern Florida State College came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools ranking. EFSC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Melbourne.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #20 on the list. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the large city of Lexington.
Hazard Community and Technical College ranked #22 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools list. Located in the town of Hazard, Hazard Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
Del Mar College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #23 on the list. DMC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Corpus Christi.
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New York City College of Technology landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular drafting & design engineering technology programs. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Pima Community College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This list shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 623 different United States drafting & design engineering technology schools we analyzed.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Drafting & Design Engineering students that almost earned our Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools award.
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology by Region
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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Related Majors
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Design Engineering Tech Concentrations
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 26 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.