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Most Popular Schools for CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician Degree Program & Major

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical skills and advanced computer software and hardware to the creation of graphic representations and simulations in support of engineering projects. Includes instruction in engineering graphics, two-dimensional and three-dimensional engineering design, solids modeling, engineering animation, computer-aided drafting (CAD), computer-aided design (CADD), and auto-CAD techniques.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Academy of Art University 81 3% $44,226
2 Front Range Community College 74 2% $5,786
3 Elgin Community College 60 3% $4,679
4 Valencia College 59 0% $3,740
5 Pikes Peak Community College 58 1% $5,640
6 Hennepin Technical College 46 3% $7,248
7 Trine University 44 9% $47,586
8 Lake Washington Institute of Technology 41 3% $5,259
9 Laredo College 36 2% $5,100
10 Glendale Community College 35 1% $3,494
11 Seminole State College of Florida 35 1% $4,561
12 Lee College 32 1% $3,543
13 College of Lake County 32 1% $5,124
14 College of Western Idaho 32 2% $3,960
15 Henry Ford College 31 2% $4,636
16 Eastern Michigan University 31 1% $26,196
17 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 31 3% $24,270
18 Gwinnett Technical College 30 1% $4,722
19 Thomas Nelson Community College 29 2% $6,106
20 University of Central Missouri 28 1% $19,953
21 Century College 24 1% $6,635
22 Naugatuck Valley Community College 24 2% $5,624
23 Central Arizona College 24 2% $14,680
24 Canadian Valley Technology Center 24 5% N/A
25 Tidewater Community College 23 1% $7,061
26 Dunwoody College of Technology 22 5% $36,288
27 SUNY Westchester Community College 22 1% $7,236
28 Murray State University 21 1% $23,472
29 Tyler Junior College 20 1% $16,764
30 Hillsborough Community College 20 0% $16,666
31 Danville Community College 20 3% $6,210
32 Minnesota State College Southeast 20 4% $6,628
33 Texas State Technical College 20 1% $19,530
34 East Arkansas Community College 19 6% $5,080
35 Northern Virginia Community College 19 0% $7,410
36 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College 19 1% $4,632
37 Triton College 19 2% $5,610
38 Kalamazoo Valley Community College 18 2% $5,246
39 Johnson & Wales University-Providence 18 1% $50,454
40 Oakton Community College 18 1% $5,395
41 Southern Regional Technical College 18 1% $3,863
42 Eastern Florida State College 17 0% $4,096
43 Spokane Community College 17 1% $4,681
44 Kent State University at Tuscarawas 17 4% $7,034
45 YTI Career Institute-York 17 3% N/A
46 Waubonsee Community College 16 1% $4,880
47 Pima Community College 15 0% $4,062
48 College of DuPage 15 0% $5,464
49 Erie Community College 15 1% $21,186
50 Owens Community College 15 1% $6,610
51 Ogden-Weber Technical College 15 2% N/A
52 Los Angeles ORT College-Van Nuys Campus 15 11% N/A
53 Pasco-Hernando State College 14 1% $4,783
54 New River Community College 14 2% $6,497
55 Morton College 14 2% $5,972
56 Niagara County Community College 14 1% $6,423
57 Northwest College 14 3% $14,281
58 Carnegie Mellon University 14 0% $72,283
59 Community College of Allegheny County 14 1% $5,815
60 Manhattan Area Technical College 14 4% $8,750
61 Bridgerland Technical College 14 2% N/A
62 Davis Technical College 14 1% N/A
63 Johnson County Community College 13 0% $4,350
64 Genesee Community College 13 2% $16,410
65 South Puget Sound Community College 13 1% $5,293
66 Northcentral Technical College 13 1% $16,142
67 Ridgewater College 13 1% $6,965
68 Emily Griffith Technical College 13 2% $7,569
69 Athens Technical College 12 1% $3,698
70 Moraine Valley Community College 12 0% $5,796
71 Western Technical College 12 1% $16,315
72 Blue Ridge Community College 12 1% $6,690
73 Stark State College 11 1% $5,170
74 Joliet Junior College 11 0% $5,880
75 Rochester Institute of Technology 11 0% $57,401
76 Red River Technology Center 11 5% N/A
77 Kellogg Community College 10 1% $5,998
78 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 10 1% $6,598
79 State Fair Community College 10 1% $9,774
80 The Art Institute of Houston 10 3% $19,068
81 Chattahoochee Technical College 10 0% $3,866
82 Nashua Community College 10 3% $9,016
83 Los Angeles ORT College-Los Angeles Campus 10 5% N/A
84 Mesa Community College 9 0% $3,494
85 Clackamas Community College 9 1% $6,744
86 Community College of Denver 9 1% $6,550
87 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology 9 2% $18,680
88 Lake Land College 9 0% $4,470
89 Mountain Empire Community College 9 1% $6,210
90 Illinois Valley Community College 9 1% $5,400
91 McHenry County College 9 1% $4,894
92 Lanier Technical College 9 0% $4,436
93 South Georgia Technical College 9 1% $7,148
94 Saint Louis Community College 9 0% $4,315
95 Monroe Community College 8 0% $18,016
96 College of the Mainland 8 1% $3,773
97 Harford Community College 8 1% $5,015
98 Savannah Technical College 8 0% $4,044
99 Butler Community College 8 1% $12,930
100 Shawnee State University 8 1% $23,148

This list indicates the number of students that completed the CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.