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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

28 Colleges
$39,649 Avg Salary
$20,417 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named Pennsylvania College of Technology the most popular school in Pennsylvania for drafting and design engineering technology students. Penn College is a small public school located in the small city of Williamsport.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Penn College take out an average of $22,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at Pittsburgh Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in Pennsylvania. 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 $16,166 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $232.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. HACC is a large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

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The excellent programs at YTI Career Institute-York helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in Pennsylvania. YTI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.

After completing their degree, design engineering tech graduates from YTI carry an average student debt load of $20,000.

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#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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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. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Triangle Tech - Dubois

Falls Creek, PA

Triangle Tech - Dubois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for drafting and design engineering technology students. It came in at #8 on the list. Triangle Tech - Dubois is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Falls Creek.

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Northampton County Area Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

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Penn Commercial Business/Technical School came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large suburb of Washington, Penn Commercial is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular 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 28 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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