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2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

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

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the #141 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 183 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs 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 Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for an Associate in Drafting & Design Engineering

Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the best school for drafting and design engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend YTI Career Institute-York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. YTI is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of York.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a great place for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Pennsylvania College of Technology is a great place for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pittsburgh Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Pittsburgh Technical College take out an average of $19,846 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $232.

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#6

Berks Technical Institute

Wyomissing, PA

Berks Technical Institute landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree drafting and design engineering technology programs. Berks Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wyomissing.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 156
Maryland 105
New Jersey 8
Delaware 9

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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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