2025 Best Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota
2Colleges in Minnesota
16Associate Degrees
an associate degree in mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #193 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 associate degrees in mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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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 mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd 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 mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mechanical drafting & mechanical drafting cad/cadd students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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).