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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

21 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for 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 associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Pittsburgh Technical College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

Of the 20 students majoring in design engineering tech at Pittsburgh Technical College, 70% are male and 30% are female.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at Pittsburgh Technical College accumulate an average of around $19,846 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $232.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Pittsburgh Technical College Report

Out of the 21 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

About 18% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 82% are male.

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Out of the 21 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

About 8% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 92% are male.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means YTI Career Institute-York is a great place for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. YTI is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of York.

About 27% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 73% are male.

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#5

Triangle Tech - Dubois

Falls Creek, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Triangle Tech - Dubois is a great place for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Triangle Tech - Dubois is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Falls Creek.

Of the 9 students majoring in design engineering tech at Triangle Tech - Dubois, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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Penn Commercial Business/Technical School landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree drafting and design engineering technology programs. Located in the large suburb of Washington, Penn Commercial is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 38% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 63% are male.

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Harrisburg Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for drafting and design engineering technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

Of the 8 students majoring in design engineering tech at HACC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Harrisburg Area Community College Report

With a ranking of #6, Community College of Allegheny County did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a large student population.

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#6

Triangle Tech - Greensburg

Greensburg, PA

Triangle Tech - Greensburg landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree drafting and design engineering technology programs. Located in the large suburb of Greensburg, Triangle Tech - Greensburg is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 88% are male.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Triangle Tech - Greensburg Report

With a ranking of #10, Westmoreland County Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Westmoreland College is a small public school located in the rural area of Youngwood.

Women make up 29% of the design engineering tech majors at the school.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges 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 21 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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