Drafting & Design Engineering Technologymaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #223 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for drafting & design engineering technology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 192 master's degrees in drafting & design engineering technology to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to drafting & design engineering technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of drafting & design engineering technology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt drafting & design engineering technology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized drafting & design engineering technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for drafting & design engineering technology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in the United States
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in drafting & design engineering technology.
Top Schools for a Master's in Design Engineering Tech
It is hard to beat Academy of Art University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in drafting & design engineering technology. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco.
Students who graduate with their master's from the design engineering tech program state that they receive average early career wages of $44,643.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
