by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 151st most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,263 and had an average of $17,275 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 115 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,806 and $14,500 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in drafting and design engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful drafting and design engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 14 ’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Nelson Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia list. TNCC is a public institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountain Empire Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia list. Big Stone Gap, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s design engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Virginia Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia list. Southwest Virginia Community College is a small school located in Richlands, Virginia that handed out 0 ’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Engineering Tech Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Wytheville Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wytheville, Virginia, and it awarded 0 ’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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