2025 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,473Design Engineering Tech Degrees Awarded
$44,238Avg Early-Career Salary
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #151 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for drafting & design engineering technology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,473 degrees in drafting & design engineering technology annually.
Choosing a Great Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School
The design engineering tech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of design engineering tech degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Design Engineering Tech
El Centro College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in drafting & design engineering technology. El Centro College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #281 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.
There were about 82 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Austin Community College District if you want to pursue a degree in drafting & design engineering technology. Austin Community College District is a very large public college located in the large city of Austin. This college ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 140 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Austin Community College District in the most recent data year. Drafting & Design Engineering Technology degree recipients from Austin Community College District receive an earnings boost of approximately $5,691 above the average income of drafting & design engineering technology graduates.
Houston Community College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in drafting & design engineering technology. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #474 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Houston Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 46 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the design engineering tech program report average early career income of $45,548.
Any student who is interested in drafting & design engineering technology has to check out Tarrant County College District. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tarrant County College is a great college overall.
There were about 24 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Tarrant County College in the most recent data year.
San Jacinto College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Pasadena. This college ranks 31st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 182 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 54th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 26 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Tyler Junior College in the most recent data year.
Lamar Institute of Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont. This school ranks 25th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 34 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Lamar Institute of Technology in the most recent data year.
Amarillo College is a medium-sized public college located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo. This college ranks 44th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 21 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Amarillo College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #480 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SHSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 drafting & design engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent data year.
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).
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The design engineering tech program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Drafting & Design Engineering Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
