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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida

26 Colleges
$11,233 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

With 450 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #21 most popular major in Florida.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in Florida 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.

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

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Valencia College the most popular school in Florida 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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The excellent programs at Eastern Florida State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in Florida. EFSC is a large public school located in the city of Melbourne.

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#3

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

The excellent programs at Miami Dade College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in Florida. MDC is a very large public school located in the city of Miami.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seminole State College of Florida. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Sanford, Seminole State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at William T McFatter Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in Florida. Located in the suburb of Davie, William T McFatter Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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Florida State College at Jacksonville ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

St Petersburg College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the large city of St. Petersburg, SPC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

Atlantic Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular drafting & design engineering technology programs. Atlantic Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Coconut Creek.

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#8

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona State College 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 city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Erwin Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Florida list. Erwin Technical College is a small public school located in the large city of Tampa.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 339
South Carolina 112
Arkansas 78
North Carolina 97
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

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.

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