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2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut

9 Colleges
$36,153 Avg Salary
$13,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Connecticut to see which 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.

Check out the design engineering tech programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Connecticut.

Our 2023 rankings named Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford the most popular school in Connecticut for drafting and design engineering technology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Stratford, Porter and Chester Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Design Engineering Tech majors at Porter and Chester Institute take out an average of $13,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#2

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

Out of the 9 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Gateway Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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Out of the 9 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Naugatuck Valley Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

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The excellent programs at Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best drafting and design engineering technology schools in Connecticut. Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

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#5

Tunxis Community College

Farmington, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tunxis Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Farmington, Tunxis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Manchester, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Three Rivers Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut list. Three Rivers Community College is a small public school located in the city of Norwich.

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With a ranking of #8, Norwalk Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drafting and design engineering technology students. Located in the small city of Norwalk, NCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Quinebaug Valley Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Schools in Connecticut list. QVCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Danielson.

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Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 8
New Hampshire 11
Maine 21
Rhode Island 7
Vermont 0

One of 18 majors within the area of study, drafting and design engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 9 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.

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