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Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Elgin Community College

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Elgin Community College

If you are interested in studying drafting & design engineering technology, you may want to check out the program at Elgin Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECC is located in Elgin, Illinois and approximately 7,882 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Drafting & Design Engineering Technology section at the bottom of this page.

ECC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Design Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Design Engineering Tech

ECC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Rankings

Design Engineering Tech Student Demographics at ECC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design engineering tech majors at Elgin Community College.

ECC Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate’s Program

15% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 85% of design engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

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ECC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design engineering tech graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elgin Community College with a associate's in design engineering tech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Drafting & Design Engineering Technology

If you plan to be a design engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Elgin Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology 5

Careers That Design Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in design engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Elgin Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Mechanical Drafters 2,770 $56,210
Architectural and Civil Drafters 2,320 $64,720
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 630 $68,930
Drafters 170 $56,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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