Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
8,839 students earn a drafting/design engineering technologies/technicians credential each year across 496 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $60,153
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $80,748
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Bachelor's programs — 18 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Trine UniversityAngola, Indiana41$65,0131 year out$81,146$27,0002Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola, Indiana0$65,0131 year out$81,146$27,0003Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan8$63,8621 year out—$28,5004University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri23$60,7741 year out$72,672$21,8615Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan21$60,1531 year out$80,748$31,0006Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania23$57,8541 year out—$27,0007Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky16$53,0851 year out$48,363$22,6128Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California73$48,9781 year out—$45,0009Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana21$36,7981 year out$52,824$27,00010College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan62—1 year out——11Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas20—1 year out——12East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina17—1 year out$66,267—13Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia9—1 year out——14Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah9—1 year out$81,431—15Woodbury UniversityBurbank, California8—1 year out——16Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho1—1 year out——17Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan1—1 year out——18Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——
Associate programs — top 100 of 316 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah37$55,8931 year out$70,247—2Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota22$55,5121 year out$75,599$20,6253Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon28$54,1981 year out$55,324—4Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin9$53,1051 year out$61,635$8,0005Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas28$50,5841 year out$50,717$14,0006Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan24$49,8651 year out—$11,7487State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri32$49,7891 year out$48,101$11,3508Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota29$49,5391 year out$56,219$20,2509College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho11$49,5081 year out——10Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas35$46,9491 year out—$15,25211Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin28$46,4601 year out$59,960$14,50012Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan31$45,8441 year out—$13,75013Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida7$45,7011 year out——14YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania3$45,6841 year out$50,118—15St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota15$45,5651 year out$48,228$11,50016Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas28$45,5481 year out$55,016$12,04017Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine8$45,3191 year out—$13,00018Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota11$44,9881 year out—$12,51319Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan13$44,9031 year out$58,863—20Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12$44,8861 year out—$12,98421Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania22$44,8211 year out—$16,48722Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin15$44,7821 year out$57,129—23Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan44$44,7011 year out—$8,29624Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas9$43,7421 year out$49,782$13,50025Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska26$41,5991 year out$56,867$16,43726Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana45$41,4671 year out$50,507$12,15127Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia11$41,1141 year out——28ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana14$39,2081 year out$55,548$20,28329Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania19$36,0021 year out$52,520$12,00030Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi24$35,7061 year out—$10,62531South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana10$34,0561 year out——32San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas54—1 year out$53,866—33CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York45—1 year out$59,228—34Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland41—1 year out——35Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland39—1 year out——36Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa31—1 year out——37Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas31—1 year out——38Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska22—1 year out$52,261—39Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia21—1 year out——40College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois21—1 year out——41Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas21—1 year out——42Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota20—1 year out——43Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin20—1 year out$62,151—44Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas20—1 year out$64,670—45Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina19—1 year out——46Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii18—1 year out——47Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska18—1 year out——48Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington18—1 year out$64,269—49College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California17—1 year out——50Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado16—1 year out$60,055—51Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas16—1 year out$61,000—52Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona15—1 year out——53Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona15—1 year out——54Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California15—1 year out——55Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California15—1 year out——56Ventura CollegeVentura, California15—1 year out——57Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas15—1 year out$50,391—58Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois14—1 year out——59Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky14—1 year out——60Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan14—1 year out——61Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas14—1 year out——62Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois13—1 year out——63SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana13—1 year out——64Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, Mississippi13—1 year out——65Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi13—1 year out——66CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York13—1 year out——67Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California12—1 year out——68Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California12—1 year out——69Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida12—1 year out$53,643—70Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho12—1 year out——71Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois12—1 year out——72Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri12—1 year out$46,828—73Kent State University at TuscarawasNew Philadelphia, Ohio12—1 year out——74Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama11—1 year out——75Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama11—1 year out——76Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama11—1 year out——77Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia11—1 year out——78Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever, Louisiana11—1 year out$39,958—79Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi11—1 year out——80Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska11—1 year out——81SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York11—1 year out$74,422—82Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon11—1 year out——83Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas11—1 year out——84Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington11—1 year out——85South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas11—1 year out——86MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California10—1 year out——87Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota10—1 year out$66,696$14,69788Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, Mississippi10—1 year out——89Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York10—1 year out——90Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——91Johnson CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——92Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas10—1 year out——93Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville, Texas10—1 year out——94New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia10—1 year out——95Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington10—1 year out——96Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin10—1 year out——97Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California9—1 year out——98Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa9—1 year out——99Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas9—1 year out——100Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota9—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 401 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho19$48,9881 year out$60,009$14,7702Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas51$45,3431 year out—$10,5003Porter & Chester InstituteBridgeport, Connecticut18$40,6501 year out$50,674$13,9104Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado53$33,8931 year out—$10,7505Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, Texas—$29,3231 year out$45,613$12,9656Remington College-Mobile CampusMobile, Alabama—$29,3231 year out$45,613$12,9657Remington College-Fort Worth CampusNorth Richland Hills, Texas—$29,3231 year out$45,613$12,9658Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphis, Tennessee—$29,3231 year out$45,613$12,9659Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana207—1 year out$52,569—10Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas162—1 year out$53,241$11,00011Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida152—1 year out——12Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington151—1 year out——13College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois126—1 year out——14San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas112—1 year out——15Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon87—1 year out——16City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois69—1 year out——17Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon68—1 year out——18Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia67—1 year out——19Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky67—1 year out——20Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona63—1 year out——21Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas61—1 year out——22Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama59—1 year out——23Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota55—1 year out——24Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia53—1 year out——25Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada53—1 year out——26Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas49—1 year out——27Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi47—1 year out——28Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska46—1 year out——29South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas45—1 year out——30Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida44—1 year out——31J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama43—1 year out——32Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California43—1 year out——33Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut43—1 year out——34Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado42—1 year out——35Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas42—1 year out——36Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico39—1 year out——37Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama39—1 year out——38Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado38—1 year out——39SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana38—1 year out——40Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky37—1 year out——41Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi37—1 year out——42Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California35—1 year out——43Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois35—1 year out——44Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas34—1 year out——45The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California34—1 year out——46Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama33—1 year out——47Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois32—1 year out——48Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona31—1 year out——49William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois31—1 year out——50Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota31—1 year out$60,988—51Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio30—1 year out——52Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington30—1 year out——53Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington30—1 year out——54Ventura CollegeVentura, California29—1 year out——55West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky29—1 year out——56Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California28—1 year out——57Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia27—1 year out——58Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa27—1 year out——59Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma27—1 year out——60Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida26—1 year out—$14,00061Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever, Louisiana25—1 year out——62Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina25—1 year out——63Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah25—1 year out——64Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico25—1 year out——65Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia25—1 year out——66Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois24—1 year out——67Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio24—1 year out—$11,41168Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas24—1 year out——69Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma24—1 year out——70Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas23—1 year out——71Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah23—1 year out——72Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin23—1 year out——73Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana22—1 year out$55,819—74Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan22—1 year out——75Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, Minnesota22—1 year out——76Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska22—1 year out——77Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon22—1 year out——78El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas22—1 year out——79Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas22—1 year out——80Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin22—1 year out——81University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas21—1 year out——82Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida21—1 year out——83Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma21—1 year out——84Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama20—1 year out——85Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida20—1 year out$41,040$15,50086Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky20—1 year out——87Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio20—1 year out——88Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownMorristown, Tennessee20—1 year out——89Butte CollegeOroville, California19—1 year out——90Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida19—1 year out——91William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida19—1 year out——92Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky19—1 year out——93Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah19—1 year out——94Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia19—1 year out——95Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma19—1 year out——96Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California18—1 year out——97MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California18—1 year out——98Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California18—1 year out——99Technical College of the RockiesDelta, Colorado18—1 year out——100Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia18—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).