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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Minnesota

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$43,287 Avg Salary
$11,783 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

With 333 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, drafting & design engineering technology is the #13 most popular major in Minnesota.

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 Trade Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Minnesota 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design engineering tech majors pursuing a .

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the most popular school in Minnesota for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Anoka Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting & design engineering technology schools in Minnesota. Located in the large suburb of Anoka, Anoka Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State College Southeast. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northland Community and Technical College is a great place for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the town of Thief River Falls, Northland Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Dunwoody College of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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#7

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Century College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

With a ranking of #8, Ridgewater College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting & design engineering technology students. Located in the town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public school with a small student population.

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Minnesota State 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 #9 on the list. Located in the town of Fergus Falls, M State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Dakota County Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Trade Schools in Minnesota list. DCTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Rosemount.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 130
Missouri 137
South Dakota 20
Iowa 103
Nebraska 152

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 15 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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