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2023 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools

15 Colleges
$34,865 Avg Salary
$13,004 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which online undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

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

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

Women make up 16% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that design engineering tech majors at Porter and Chester Institute take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $13,705.

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Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Lane Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lane Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Eugene.

Women make up 10% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a great place for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 44% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State College Southeast landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in design engineering tech at MSC Southeast, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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#6

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Ridgewater College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate drafting and design engineering technology programs. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public college with a small student population.

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate drafting and design engineering technology programs. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Elizabethtown.

Of the 2 students majoring in design engineering tech at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Charter College

Vancouver, WA

Charter College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate drafting and design engineering technology programs. Located in the city of Vancouver, Charter College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Bossier Parish Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Drafting & Design Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Bossier City.

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State Fair Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate drafting and design engineering technology programs. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

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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 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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