2025 Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 associate degrees in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology School for Your Associate Degree

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in CAD/CADD Drafting Tech

1

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Hennepin Technical College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology from Hennepin Technical College

2

Ridgewater College
Willmar, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Ridgewater College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology. Ridgewater College is a small public college located in the town of Willmar.More information about a associate in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology from Ridgewater College

3

Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Dunwoody College of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology from Dunwoody College of Technology

Best CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best cad/cadd drafting &/or design technology schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

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Rankings in Majors Related to CAD/CADD Drafting Tech

CAD/CADD Drafting &/or Design Technology is one of 7 different types of Drafting & Design Engineering Technology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to CAD/CADD Drafting Tech

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.