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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools

89 Colleges
$40,874 Avg Salary
$14,540 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 8,964 people earned a degree or certificate in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the #154 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 89 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools

#1

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Ridgewater College the best school in the United States for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Willmar, Ridgewater 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 Dunwoody College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools list. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Dunwoody College of Technology take out an average of $19,958 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waukesha County Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools list. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

Design Engineering Tech majors at WCTC take out an average of $17,832 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Alpena Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in the United States. Alpena Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alpena.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools list. Madison College is a large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Utah Valley University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools list. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Orem.

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With a ranking of #7, Lamar Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Lamar Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Beaumont.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Lamar Institute of Technology take out an average of $15,855 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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With a ranking of #8, Chippewa Valley Technical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Eau Claire.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree drafting and design engineering technology programs. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Portland Community College

Portland, OR

With a ranking of #10, Portland Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from Portland Community College take out $25,581 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#11

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Lee College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools ranking. Lee College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Baytown.

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#12

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Ferris State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Ferris is a large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

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Northeast Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

On average, design engineering tech graduates from Northeast take out $9,356 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
14 Valencia College Orlando, FL
15 Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI
16 Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD
17 Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 18 majors within the area of study, drafting and design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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