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
1Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California73$48,9781 year out—$45,0002College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan62—1 year out——3Trine UniversityAngola, Indiana41$65,0131 year out$81,146$27,0004University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri23$60,7741 year out$72,672$21,8615Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania23$57,8541 year out—$27,0006Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana21$36,7981 year out$52,824$27,0007Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan21$60,1531 year out$80,748$31,0008Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas20—1 year out——9East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina17—1 year out$66,267—10Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky16$53,0851 year out$48,363$22,61211Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia9—1 year out——12Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah9—1 year out$81,431—13Woodbury UniversityBurbank, California8—1 year out——14Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan8$63,8621 year out—$28,50015Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho1—1 year out——16Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan1—1 year out——17Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——18Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola, Indiana0$65,0131 year out$81,146$27,000
Associate programs — top 100 of 316 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas54—1 year out$53,866—2Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana45$41,4671 year out$50,507$12,1513CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York45—1 year out$59,228—4Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan44$44,7011 year out—$8,2965Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland41—1 year out——6Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland39—1 year out——7Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah37$55,8931 year out$70,247—8Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas35$46,9491 year out—$15,2529State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri32$49,7891 year out$48,101$11,35010Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa31—1 year out——11Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan31$45,8441 year out—$13,75012Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas31—1 year out——13Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota29$49,5391 year out$56,219$20,25014Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon28$54,1981 year out$55,324—15Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas28$50,5841 year out$50,717$14,00016Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas28$45,5481 year out$55,016$12,04017Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin28$46,4601 year out$59,960$14,50018Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska26$41,5991 year out$56,867$16,43719Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan24$49,8651 year out—$11,74820Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi24$35,7061 year out—$10,62521Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota22$55,5121 year out$75,599$20,62522Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska22—1 year out$52,261—23Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania22$44,8211 year out—$16,48724Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia21—1 year out——25College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois21—1 year out——26Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas21—1 year out——27Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota20—1 year out——28Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin20—1 year out$62,151—29Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas20—1 year out$64,670—30Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, Pennsylvania19$36,0021 year out$52,520$12,00031Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina19—1 year out——32Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii18—1 year out——33Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska18—1 year out——34Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington18—1 year out$64,269—35College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California17—1 year out——36Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado16—1 year out$60,055—37Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas16—1 year out$61,000—38Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona15—1 year out——39Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona15—1 year out——40Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California15—1 year out——41Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California15—1 year out——42Ventura CollegeVentura, California15—1 year out——43St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, Minnesota15$45,5651 year out$48,228$11,50044Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas15—1 year out$50,391—45Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin15$44,7821 year out$57,129—46Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois14—1 year out——47Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky14—1 year out——48ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana14$39,2081 year out$55,548$20,28349Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan14—1 year out——50Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas14—1 year out——51Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois13—1 year out——52SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana13—1 year out——53Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan13$44,9031 year out$58,863—54Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, Mississippi13—1 year out——55Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, Mississippi13—1 year out——56CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York13—1 year out——57Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California12—1 year out——58Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California12—1 year out——59Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida12—1 year out$53,643—60Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho12—1 year out——61Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois12—1 year out——62Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa12$44,8861 year out—$12,98463Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri12—1 year out$46,828—64Kent State University at TuscarawasNew Philadelphia, Ohio12—1 year out——65Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama11—1 year out——66Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama11—1 year out——67Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama11—1 year out——68Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia11—1 year out——69Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever, Louisiana11—1 year out$39,958—70Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota11$44,9881 year out—$12,51371Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi11—1 year out——72Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska11—1 year out——73SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York11—1 year out$74,422—74Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon11—1 year out——75Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas11—1 year out——76Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia11$41,1141 year out——77Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington11—1 year out——78South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas11—1 year out——79College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho11$49,5081 year out——80MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California10—1 year out——81Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota10—1 year out$66,696$14,69782Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, Mississippi10—1 year out——83Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York10—1 year out——84Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——85Johnson CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——86Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas10—1 year out——87Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville, Texas10—1 year out——88New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia10—1 year out——89Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington10—1 year out——90Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin10—1 year out——91South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana10$34,0561 year out——92Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California9—1 year out——93Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa9—1 year out——94Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas9—1 year out——95Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota9—1 year out——96East Central Community CollegeDecatur, Mississippi9—1 year out——97Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri9—1 year out——98Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio9—1 year out——99Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——100Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, South Carolina9—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 401 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana207—1 year out$52,569—2Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas162—1 year out$53,241$11,0003Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida152—1 year out——4Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington151—1 year out——5College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois126—1 year out——6San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas112—1 year out——7Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon87—1 year out——8City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois69—1 year out——9Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon68—1 year out——10Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia67—1 year out——11Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky67—1 year out——12Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona63—1 year out——13Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas61—1 year out——14Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama59—1 year out——15Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota55—1 year out——16Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado53$33,8931 year out—$10,75017Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia53—1 year out——18Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada53—1 year out——19Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas51$45,3431 year out—$10,50020Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas49—1 year out——21Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi47—1 year out——22Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska46—1 year out——23South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas45—1 year out——24Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida44—1 year out——25J F Ingram State Technical CollegeDeatsville, Alabama43—1 year out——26Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California43—1 year out——27Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut43—1 year out——28Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado42—1 year out——29Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas42—1 year out——30Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico39—1 year out——31Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama39—1 year out——32Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado38—1 year out——33SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana38—1 year out——34Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky37—1 year out——35Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi37—1 year out——36Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California35—1 year out——37Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby, Illinois35—1 year out——38Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas34—1 year out——39The Fab SchoolRancho Cucamonga, California34—1 year out——40Shelton State Community CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama33—1 year out——41Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois32—1 year out——42Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona31—1 year out——43William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois31—1 year out——44Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota31—1 year out$60,988—45Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio30—1 year out——46Everett Community CollegeEverett, Washington30—1 year out——47Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington30—1 year out——48Ventura CollegeVentura, California29—1 year out——49West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky29—1 year out——50Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California28—1 year out——51Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia27—1 year out——52Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa27—1 year out——53Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma27—1 year out——54Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida26—1 year out—$14,00055Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever, Louisiana25—1 year out——56Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina25—1 year out——57Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah25—1 year out——58Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico25—1 year out——59Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia25—1 year out——60Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois24—1 year out——61Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio24—1 year out—$11,41162Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas24—1 year out——63Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma24—1 year out——64Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas23—1 year out——65Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah23—1 year out——66Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin23—1 year out——67Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana22—1 year out$55,819—68Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan22—1 year out——69Minnesota State College SoutheastWinona, Minnesota22—1 year out——70Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska22—1 year out——71Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon22—1 year out——72El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas22—1 year out——73Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas22—1 year out——74Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin22—1 year out——75University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas21—1 year out——76Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida21—1 year out——77Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma21—1 year out——78Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama20—1 year out——79Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida20—1 year out$41,040$15,50080Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky20—1 year out——81Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio20—1 year out——82Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownMorristown, Tennessee20—1 year out——83Butte CollegeOroville, California19—1 year out——84Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida19—1 year out——85William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida19—1 year out——86Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky19—1 year out——87Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah19—1 year out——88Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia19—1 year out——89College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho19$48,9881 year out$60,009$14,77090Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma19—1 year out——91Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California18—1 year out——92MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California18—1 year out——93Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California18—1 year out——94Technical College of the RockiesDelta, Colorado18—1 year out——95Porter & Chester InstituteBridgeport, Connecticut18$40,6501 year out$50,674$13,91096Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia18—1 year out——97Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan18—1 year out——98SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York18—1 year out——99Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia18—1 year out——100Charter CollegeAnchorage, Alaska17—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 (—).