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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 College of Lake County 32 1% $5,124
13 College of Western Idaho 32 2% $3,960
14 Lee College 32 1% $3,543
15 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 31 3% $24,270
16 Henry Ford College 31 2% $4,636
17 Eastern Michigan University 31 1% $26,196
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 Canadian Valley Technology Center 24 5% N/A
22 Naugatuck Valley Community College 24 2% $5,624
23 Century College 24 1% $6,635
24 Central Arizona College 24 2% $14,680
25 Tidewater Community College 23 1% $7,061
26 SUNY Westchester Community College 22 1% $7,236
27 Dunwoody College of Technology 22 5% $36,288
28 Murray State University 21 1% $23,472
29 Danville Community College 20 3% $6,210
30 Tyler Junior College 20 1% $16,764
31 Hillsborough Community College 20 0% $16,666
32 Minnesota State College Southeast 20 4% $6,628
33 Texas State Technical College 20 1% $19,530
34 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College 19 1% $4,632
35 East Arkansas Community College 19 6% $5,080
36 Triton College 19 2% $5,610
37 Northern Virginia Community College 19 0% $7,410
38 Johnson & Wales University-Providence 18 1% $50,454
39 Southern Regional Technical College 18 1% $3,863
40 Kalamazoo Valley Community College 18 2% $5,246
41 Oakton Community College 18 1% $5,395
42 YTI Career Institute-York 17 3% N/A
43 Kent State University at Tuscarawas 17 4% $7,034
44 Spokane Community College 17 1% $4,681
45 Eastern Florida State College 17 0% $4,096
46 Waubonsee Community College 16 1% $4,880
47 Pima Community College 15 0% $4,062
48 Erie Community College 15 1% $21,186
49 Ogden-Weber Technical College 15 2% N/A
50 College of DuPage 15 0% $5,464
51 Owens Community College 15 1% $6,610
52 Los Angeles ORT College-Van Nuys Campus 15 11% N/A
53 Pasco-Hernando State College 14 1% $4,783
54 Morton College 14 2% $5,972
55 Northwest College 14 3% $14,281
56 Niagara County Community College 14 1% $6,423
57 New River Community College 14 2% $6,497
58 Carnegie Mellon University 14 0% $72,283
59 Community College of Allegheny County 14 1% $5,815
60 Bridgerland Technical College 14 2% N/A
61 Davis Technical College 14 1% N/A
62 Manhattan Area Technical College 14 4% $8,750
63 Johnson County Community College 13 0% $4,350
64 Ridgewater College 13 1% $6,965
65 Emily Griffith Technical College 13 2% $7,569
66 Northcentral Technical College 13 1% $16,142
67 South Puget Sound Community College 13 1% $5,293
68 Genesee Community College 13 2% $16,410
69 Moraine Valley Community College 12 0% $5,796
70 Blue Ridge Community College 12 1% $6,690
71 Western Technical College 12 1% $16,315
72 Athens Technical College 12 1% $3,698
73 Joliet Junior College 11 0% $5,880
74 Stark State College 11 1% $5,170
75 Red River Technology Center 11 5% N/A
76 Rochester Institute of Technology 11 0% $57,401
77 State Fair Community College 10 1% $9,774
78 Los Angeles ORT College-Los Angeles Campus 10 5% N/A
79 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 10 1% $6,598
80 Nashua Community College 10 3% $9,016
81 Kellogg Community College 10 1% $5,998
82 Chattahoochee Technical College 10 0% $3,866
83 The Art Institute of Houston 10 3% $19,068
84 Mountain Empire Community College 9 1% $6,210
85 Saint Louis Community College 9 0% $4,315
86 Lake Land College 9 0% $4,470
87 South Georgia Technical College 9 1% $7,148
88 Illinois Valley Community College 9 1% $5,400
89 Lanier Technical College 9 0% $4,436
90 McHenry County College 9 1% $4,894
91 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology 9 2% $18,680
92 Clackamas Community College 9 1% $6,744
93 Mesa Community College 9 0% $3,494
94 Community College of Denver 9 1% $6,550
95 College of the Mainland 8 1% $3,773
96 Manchester Community College 8 1% $9,270
97 Butler Community College 8 1% $12,930
98 Savannah Technical College 8 0% $4,044
99 Washburn Institute of Technology 8 1% $8,832
100 Harford Community College 8 1% $5,015

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.