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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

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$39,649 Avg Salary
$17,173 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 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 Trade Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Pennsylvania College of Technology the most popular school in Pennsylvania for drafting & design engineering technology students. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

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The excellent programs at Pittsburgh Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

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Out of the 26 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend YTI Career Institute-York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. YTI is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of York.

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Community College of Allegheny County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

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Triangle Tech - Dubois

Falls Creek, PA

Triangle Tech - Dubois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Triangle Tech - Dubois is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Falls Creek.

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Triangle Tech - Greensburg

Greensburg, PA

Triangle Tech - Greensburg did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Greensburg, Triangle Tech - Greensburg is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Penn Commercial Business/Technical School ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Washington, Penn Commercial is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Northampton County Area Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools 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 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.

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