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Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

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$34,865 Avg Salary
$12,156 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Undergraduate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which undergraduate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for design engineering tech majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford the most popular school in the New England Region for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport, Porter and Chester Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, design engineering tech graduates from Porter and Chester Institute carry an average student debt load of $12,416.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

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#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. SMCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of South Portland.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best drafting & design engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 40
Maine 33
Connecticut 71
Rhode Island 7
New Hampshire 11
Vermont 0

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 3 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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