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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota

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

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

With 19 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drafting and design engineering technology is the #106 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Dakota to see which associate degree programs were the most popular 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 Western Dakota Technical Institute the most popular school in South Dakota for drafting and design engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public college with a small student population.

About 30% of the students majoring in design engineering tech at the school are women while 70% are male.

While working on their Associate Degree, design engineering tech majors at Western Dakota Tech accumulate an average of around $20,841 in student debt.

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#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The in-demand associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drafting and design engineering technology schools in South Dakota. Located in the rural area of Sioux Falls, Southeast Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Full Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Southeast Technical College Report

Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 73
Minnesota 191
Kansas 64
Iowa 40
Nebraska 56

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

Majors Similar to Design Engineering Tech

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 3 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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