WhatGradsMake

What Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $66,834 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Trine UniversityIN$68,122$79,355+19%
2Weber State UniversityUT$63,105$76,958$80,729+15%
3Sam Houston State UniversityTX$60,622$74,872$88,421+12%
4Montana State University - NorthernMT$50,402$72,871$65,353+9%
5University of Central MissouriMO$52,693$66,834$81,9610%
6Grambling State UniversityLA$41,887$63,874$58,363-4%
7East Carolina UniversityNC$45,751$63,496$84,610-5%
8Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$38,616$53,545$75,525-20%
9Texas Southern UniversityTX$51,223$84,610

Associate

national median $57,805 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Lee CollegeTX$57,867$89,353$112,007+55%
2Brazosport CollegeTX$53,873$77,901$100,794+35%
3Purdue University NorthwestIN$55,935$77,093$102,395+33%
4Edison State Community CollegeOH$51,380$75,672$74,643+31%
5Lamar Institute of TechnologyTX$48,943$73,791$100,908+28%
6San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$51,818$73,703$95,254+28%
7Alvin Community CollegeTX$55,558$73,271$95,189+27%
8North Central Texas CollegeTX$51,789$72,242+25%
9Midland CollegeTX$51,537$71,115$85,664+23%
10Houston Community CollegeTX$50,075$70,747$84,119+22%
11Weber State UniversityUT$45,365$69,727+21%
12Century CollegeMN$47,119$69,154+20%
13Middlesex Community CollegeMA$48,487$68,098+18%
14Adirondack Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$49,171$67,042$77,901+16%
15Kilgore CollegeTX$42,555$67,042$91,987+16%
16SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLA$44,087$66,382$96,190+15%
17City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright CollegeIL$54,993$65,986+14%
18Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$42,762$65,723+14%
19Tarrant County College DistrictTX$50,018$65,458$74,768+13%
20Eastfield CollegeTX$51,424$65,240$78,372+13%
21Morton CollegeIL$45,751$64,930+12%
22River Parishes Community CollegeLA$37,247$64,718+12%
23Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$49,171$64,175+11%
24Erie Community CollegeNY$46,435$63,874$70,625+11%
25Elgin Community CollegeIL$52,793$63,610+10%
26Metropolitan Community CollegeMO$46,803$63,346$72,585+10%
27Delgado Community CollegeLA$48,605$63,214$64,628+9%
28Sinclair Community CollegeOH$51,929$62,818$66,779+9%
29Shawnee State UniversityOH$50,170$62,818$70,012+9%
30Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$48,898$62,818$61,703+9%
31Alexandria Technical and Community CollegeMN$45,300$62,818$75,586+9%
32South Central CollegeMN$37,592$62,818+9%
33Utah Valley UniversityUT$44,711$62,605+8%
34Anoka Technical CollegeMN$48,567$62,446$74,545+8%
35Southeast Technical CollegeSD$48,096$62,446$70,441+8%
36Austin Community CollegeTX$47,320$62,238$71,350+8%
37Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$49,627$62,224$73,997+8%
38Clackamas Community CollegeOR$45,751$62,224$71,441+8%
39Wharton County Junior CollegeTX$45,137$61,992$73,832+7%
40Linn-Benton Community CollegeOR$50,710$61,827$71,441+7%
41Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeVA$50,949$61,518$72,966+6%
42Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$50,881$61,468$69,841+6%
43Tyler Junior CollegeTX$47,705$61,332$83,557+6%
44Greenville Technical CollegeSC$46,717$61,332$72,896+6%
45Minnesota State College SoutheastMN$46,593$61,167+6%
46York Technical CollegeSC$45,300$60,908$69,154+5%
47Del Mar CollegeTX$41,544$60,837+5%
48Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$40,093$60,590$78,843+5%
49Ridgewater CollegeMN$52,839$60,342+4%
50SUNY College of Technology at DelhiNY$35,164$60,342$71,212+4%
51St. Cloud Technical and Community CollegeMN$46,532$60,208$72,585+4%
52Stark State CollegeOH$52,165$60,159$76,958+4%
53New York City College of Technology of the City University of New YorkNY$35,956$60,134$75,235+4%
54Piedmont Technical CollegeSC$44,502$60,021$62,158+4%
55College of Lake CountyIL$58,768$59,848$77,524+4%
56Genesee Community CollegeNY$44,249$59,848$62,818+4%
57Lake Superior CollegeMN$43,912$59,476$70,870+3%
58College Of DuPageIL$39,950$59,291$68,702+3%
59Niagara County Community CollegeNY$44,206$59,282$70,779+3%
60Lincoln UniversityMO$43,293$59,253+3%
61Southwestern Community CollegeIA$43,240$59,187$59,848+2%
62Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 10IN$53,793$59,105$56,406+2%
63Three Rivers Community CollegeCT$48,182$59,105$77,430+2%
64San Antonio CollegeTX$40,342$59,105$64,930+2%
65SUNY College of Technology at AlfredNY$47,540$59,077$65,986+2%
66L. E. Fletcher Technical Community CollegeLA$40,666$58,858$76,487+2%
67Tidewater Community CollegeVA$40,627$58,659$72,585+1%
68Southeastern Community CollegeIA$43,047$58,363$75,158+1%
69Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 7IN$50,441$58,065$71,8990%
70Amarillo CollegeTX$42,063$57,991$82,4260%
71Owens Community CollegeOH$44,478$57,867$74,3010%
72Portland Community CollegeOR$47,119$57,805$81,0430%
73Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMN$44,919$57,726$64,4020%
74Front Range Community CollegeCO$43,164$57,619$59,3530%
75Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$43,047$57,514$78,8430%
76Clayton State UniversityGA$41,424$57,471$64,930-1%
77Honolulu Community CollegeHI$46,746$57,301$70,298-1%
78Coastal Bend CollegeTX$46,571$56,877$72,585-2%
79Clark State CollegeOH$45,075$56,877-2%
80Saint Charles Community CollegeMO$44,849$56,877-2%
81Eastern Iowa Community CollegesIA$44,030$56,877$59,253-2%
82Saint Philip's CollegeTX$37,592$56,877$63,610-2%
83Paris Junior CollegeTX$33,162$56,877-2%
84South Plains CollegeTX$34,630$56,563$64,402-2%
85Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 2IN$43,227$56,406$65,986-2%
86Lewis and Clark Community CollegeIL$41,339$55,849$66,619-3%
87Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 5IN$42,446$55,817$52,165-3%
88Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$43,987$55,558$63,874-4%
89Vincennes UniversityIN$48,840$55,512$67,570-4%
90Tri-County Technical CollegeSC$44,624$55,464$68,521-4%
91Casper CollegeWY$43,047$55,464$72,585-4%
92Grayson CollegeTX$45,075$55,335$72,156-4%
93Northland Community and Technical CollegeMN$44,978$55,335-4%
94Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13IN$43,452$54,993$69,727-5%
95Laramie County Community CollegeWY$42,838$54,993$57,619-5%
96New River Community CollegeVA$48,304$54,615-6%
97Montana State University - BillingsMT$39,864$54,615$66,303-6%
98Temple CollegeTX$38,592$54,615$58,659-6%
99University of Akron (The)OH$44,160$54,427$63,451-6%
100Indian Hills Community CollegeIA$45,127$54,252$65,498-6%
101Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$47,726$54,051$73,442-6%
102Iowa Western Community CollegeIA$42,505$54,051$63,270-6%
103Lake Area Technical CollegeSD$45,433$53,767$60,720-7%
104Southern State Community CollegeOH$44,206$53,735$56,170-7%
105State Fair Community CollegeMO$36,805$53,696-7%
106Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 14IN$41,830$53,604$64,226-7%
107Central Ohio Technical CollegeOH$39,072$53,397$60,095-8%
108Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$46,532$53,343$85,242-8%
109Queensborough Community College-CUNYNY$39,593$53,343$77,631-8%
110Hawkeye Community CollegeIA$41,871$53,243$65,194-8%
111Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$41,447$53,219$65,986-8%
112Western Dakota Technical CollegeSD$40,280$53,202$59,149-8%
113Texas State Technical CollegeTX$39,884$53,181$63,962-8%
114Kirkwood Community CollegeIA$41,596$52,939$66,918-8%
115Mountain View CollegeTX$40,342$52,745$69,154-9%
116Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 12IN$43,758$52,636$59,848-9%
117Central Carolina Technical CollegeSC$42,866$52,508-9%
118Des Moines Area Community CollegeIA$44,681$52,387$64,280-9%
119Montana State University BozemanMT$42,631$52,165-10%
120Lake Land CollegeIL$35,872$51,537$59,105-11%
121Richland Community CollegeIL$48,096$51,223$78,278-11%
122Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana- Region 3IN$42,458$51,223$59,848-11%
123Illinois Valley Community CollegeIL$40,883$50,676-12%
124State Technical College of MissouriMO$43,517$50,311$60,342-13%
125Jefferson CollegeMO$41,019$50,129$60,442-13%
126Dakota County Technical CollegeMN$49,464$49,855$69,154-14%
127Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$42,273$49,855-14%
128Ulster County Community CollegeNY$39,998$49,855$74,872-14%
129Southern Maine Community CollegeME$41,144$49,789$65,986-14%
130Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 4IN$38,107$49,789$65,986-14%
131Mohawk Valley Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$34,002$49,703-14%
132Kaskaskia CollegeIL$39,950$49,269-15%
133North Central State CollegeOH$37,460$49,008$60,837-15%
134Hocking Technical CollegeOH$37,592$48,943-15%
135Northwest CollegeWY$40,568$48,829$60,442-16%
136Eastern Maine Community CollegeME$33,556$48,791$52,354-16%
137Central Texas College DistrictTX$39,655$48,487$65,986-16%
138Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 6IN$37,285$48,487$48,791-16%
139Washington State Community CollegeOH$33,739$48,487-16%
140Spartanburg Community CollegeSC$32,639$48,487$56,877-16%
141Kent State UniversityOH$27,237$48,487-16%
142Victoria CollegeTX$43,047$48,096$65,458-17%
143Community College of DenverCO$41,424$48,030-17%
144El Paso Community CollegeTX$37,592$48,030$56,563-17%
145Laredo CollegeTX$37,316$48,030$56,877-17%
146Montana Technological UniversityMT$47,574$47,939$54,051-17%
147Dalton State CollegeGA$37,592$47,939-17%
148Angelina CollegeTX$38,901$47,856$55,935-17%
149Rend Lake CollegeIL$26,659$46,663$42,146-19%
150Eastern Gateway Community CollegeOH$42,309$45,751$69,154-21%
151Triton CollegeIL$55,464$45,210-22%
152Mountain Empire Community CollegeVA$38,202$44,398-23%
153SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at MorrisvilleNY$31,905$43,948$63,769-24%
154Oklahoma City Community CollegeOK$42,596$43,722-24%
155York County Community CollegeME$39,556$43,588-25%
156Lane Community CollegeOR$38,377$43,047$60,837-26%
157Hawaii Community CollegeHI$31,578$42,709$75,158-26%
158Trinity Valley Community CollegeTX$39,425$41,695$59,848-28%
159South Texas CollegeTX$31,266$37,867$49,482-34%
160Indiana State UniversityIN$63,610$86,086
161Collin County Community College DistrictTX$52,311$56,406
162John Wood Community CollegeIL$51,789
163Iowa Valley Community College DistrictIA$46,055
164Kishwaukee CollegeIL$45,751
165Vernon CollegeTX$41,695$56,877
166Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$41,630
167Joliet Junior CollegeIL$41,424
168Bossier Parish Community CollegeLA$39,884$56,877
169Cedar Valley CollegeTX$39,425
170Moberly Area Community CollegeMO$38,279
171Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma CityOK$37,041
172South Louisiana Community CollegeLA$36,609

Certificate (1-2 years)

national median $54,898 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Lakeland Community CollegeOH$59,848$74,301$89,880+35%
2Columbus State Community CollegeOH$44,669$65,392+19%
3SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLA$33,772$61,969+13%
4Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeVA$54,453$61,944$73,271+13%
5South Central Louisiana Technical CollegeLA$43,047$60,442+10%
6SUNY Westchester Community CollegeNY$38,861$60,219$66,937+10%
7Front Range Community CollegeCO$55,464$59,848$61,167+9%
8Lane Community CollegeOR$39,425$58,704+7%
9Central Oregon Community CollegeOR$45,543$58,574+7%
10Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$39,975$58,363$77,901+6%
11River Parishes Community CollegeLA$34,307$57,991+6%
12Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$49,171$57,867+5%
13York Technical CollegeSC$45,543$57,471$67,042+5%
14Delgado Community CollegeLA$42,956$57,334$74,110+4%
15Metropolitan Community CollegeMO$44,849$56,877+4%
16Lake Land CollegeIL$33,536$56,877$60,272+4%
17Northland Community and Technical CollegeMN$41,964$56,106+2%
18Rockland Community CollegeNY$30,600$55,746+2%
19Des Moines Area Community CollegeIA$38,003$55,665$65,081+1%
20Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$44,521$55,464$78,843+1%
21L. E. Fletcher Technical Community CollegeLA$36,857$54,8980%
22Oklahoma City Community CollegeOK$42,325$54,8570%
23SUNY College of Technology at DelhiNY$25,070$54,267$64,930-1%
24Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13IN$40,759$54,051$69,154-2%
25Tidewater Community CollegeVA$41,244$53,485-3%
26City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright CollegeIL$42,946$53,343$46,435-3%
27Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana- Region 3IN$43,047$51,789$68,098-6%
28Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$47,346$50,539-8%
29Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$38,325$50,441-8%
30Richland Community CollegeIL$43,539$50,311$86,086-8%
31Southwestern Community CollegeIA$28,969$50,311$61,332-8%
32Northwest CollegeWY$30,437$49,582-10%
33Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeUT$38,967$49,171-10%
34Bossier Parish Community CollegeLA$40,342$48,487-12%
35Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 4IN$38,341$48,291$60,590-12%
36South Louisiana Community CollegeLA$36,491$48,030-13%
37Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$32,324$47,939-13%
38Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$40,342$47,574-13%
39Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 2IN$48,487$47,119-14%
40College Of DuPageIL$27,044$47,119$72,585-14%
41Davis Technical CollegeUT$42,033$46,777-15%
42Capital Area Technical CollegeLA$34,351$46,663-15%
43Bridgerland Technical CollegeUT$43,227$43,047-22%
44Iowa Central Community CollegeIA$27,709$43,047$56,877-22%
45Jamestown Community CollegeNY$50,441
46San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$50,129
47Lorain County Community CollegeOH$48,258
48Anoka Technical CollegeMN$47,270
49Saint Charles Community CollegeMO$46,663
50Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$45,365
51Casper CollegeWY$44,849
52Portland Community CollegeOR$44,669
53Wharton County Junior CollegeTX$44,669
54Dixie Technical CollegeUT$44,398
55Monroe Community CollegeNY$43,820
56Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$43,588
57Eastfield CollegeTX$43,433
58Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 5IN$41,501
59Parkland CollegeIL$39,793
60Northwest Iowa Community CollegeIA$39,655
61Dalton State CollegeGA$37,592
62Northshore Technical Community CollegeLA$36,956
63Honolulu Community CollegeHI$35,899
64Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeLA$34,840
65Sinclair Community CollegeOH$34,421
66Baton Rouge Community CollegeLA$29,502

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $59,848 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$53,384$80,325+34%
2Brazosport CollegeTX$53,615$78,843$112,807+32%
3College of Lake CountyIL$58,934$78,110+31%
4Lee CollegeTX$50,995$77,340$98,454+29%
5Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$53,804$74,472$83,557+24%
6Blue Ridge Community CollegeVA$48,487$73,728+23%
7Naugatuck Valley Community CollegeCT$52,554$72,585+21%
8San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$51,254$72,514$91,987+21%
9Eastern Iowa Community CollegesIA$54,051$71,605+20%
10Alvin Community CollegeTX$56,877$69,384$77,465+16%
11Houston Community CollegeTX$52,064$68,717$76,885+15%
12College of the MainlandTX$64,175$67,887+13%
13Tyler Junior CollegeTX$46,878$66,438$81,671+11%
14Northern Essex Community CollegeMA$39,425$65,986+10%
15Oakton CollegeIL$52,839$65,634$67,343+10%
16Century CollegeMN$44,521$65,410+9%
17Midland CollegeTX$51,753$63,769$86,367+7%
18Moraine Valley Community CollegeIL$47,939$63,681$73,442+6%
19Greenville Technical CollegeSC$44,906$63,305$61,630+6%
20Metropolitan Community CollegeMO$49,539$62,818+5%
21Northeast Iowa Community CollegeIA$46,532$62,818+5%
22Sinclair Community CollegeOH$43,047$61,827+3%
23Wharton County Junior CollegeTX$45,505$61,250$74,491+2%
24Tarrant County College DistrictTX$48,291$61,167+2%
25Austin Community CollegeTX$45,919$61,062$74,506+2%
26Community College of DenverCO$54,993$60,590+1%
27Trident Technical CollegeSC$45,300$60,533$72,799+1%
28Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$30,775$60,342$64,280+1%
29Collin County Community College DistrictTX$49,399$59,8480%
30San Antonio CollegeTX$44,849$59,8480%
31Kilgore CollegeTX$35,940$59,848$51,2230%
32Elgin Community CollegeIL$47,444$59,719$71,2980%
33Front Range Community CollegeCO$40,613$59,443$61,332-1%
34Kankakee Community CollegeIL$50,881$59,253-1%
35Saint Louis Community CollegeMO$48,238$59,105-1%
36Triton CollegeIL$45,979$59,105-1%
37Portland Community CollegeOR$45,940$58,998-1%
38Gateway Community CollegeCT$44,398$58,858$81,671-2%
39Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeVA$44,737$58,659-2%
40Bristol Community CollegeMA$43,047$58,363-2%
41Amarillo CollegeTX$42,177$58,363$60,837-2%
42South Plains CollegeTX$33,128$58,363-2%
43McHenry County CollegeIL$51,223$57,867-3%
44Illinois Valley Community CollegeIL$33,739$56,877-5%
45Owens Community CollegeOH$44,849$56,595$69,727-5%
46Eastfield CollegeTX$43,921$56,579$64,402-5%
47Richland Community CollegeIL$42,838$55,817$71,899-7%
48Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$46,207$55,665-7%
49Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$46,402$55,634$73,157-7%
50Lakeland Community CollegeOH$45,505$55,464-7%
51Temple CollegeTX$35,940$55,464-7%
52Terra State Community CollegeOH$54,993$54,993-8%
53Midlands Technical CollegeSC$43,626$54,404-9%
54Grayson CollegeTX$35,528$53,485$66,382-11%
55Morton CollegeIL$39,139$53,279-11%
56Del Mar CollegeTX$40,471$52,839-12%
57Northeastern Technical CollegeSC$50,311$52,636$62,007-12%
58Angelina CollegeTX$39,556$52,636-12%
59Lewis and Clark Community CollegeIL$32,785$52,636-12%
60Mountain View CollegeTX$39,385$51,789$62,158-13%
61City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright CollegeIL$38,795$51,505$64,036-14%
62Saint Philip's CollegeTX$36,805$51,458$49,399-14%
63Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$40,227$51,223$55,137-14%
64Kaskaskia CollegeIL$36,867$50,050$64,175-16%
65Coastal Bend CollegeTX$39,884$49,855-17%
66Orangeburg - Calhoun Technical CollegeSC$40,642$48,487-19%
67Kishwaukee CollegeIL$48,315$47,802-20%
68Howard County Junior College DistrictTX$42,505$47,315$60,590-21%
69Treasure Valley Community CollegeOR$36,412$44,398-26%
70Hocking Technical CollegeOH$33,666$44,060$59,422-26%
71William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$36,433$43,948$63,874-27%
72Paris Junior CollegeTX$27,650$43,047$59,253-28%
73Trinity Valley Community CollegeTX$33,260$42,923$50,419-28%
74Spartanburg Community CollegeSC$50,676$40,342$47,119-33%
75El Paso Community CollegeTX$32,272$40,342-33%
76Technical College of the Lowcountry - Beaufort CampusSC$39,731$38,895$55,464-35%
77South Texas CollegeTX$27,436$38,536$51,013-36%
78Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeMA$68,098
79Middlesex Community CollegeMA$60,837
80Zane State CollegeOH$55,181
81Rock Valley CollegeIL$54,857
82Manchester Community CollegeCT$53,647
83College Of DuPageIL$51,929
84Cincinnati State Technical & Community CollegeOH$51,223
85Lake Superior CollegeMN$50,767
86Three Rivers Community CollegeCT$50,767
87North Shore Community CollegeMA$48,487
88J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeVA$47,802
89State Fair Community CollegeMO$47,705
90Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$45,075
91Utah Valley UniversityUT$44,060
92Stark State CollegeOH$43,768
93Joliet Junior CollegeIL$43,433
94York County Community CollegeME$42,146
95Quinsigamond Community CollegeMA$38,771
96Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$36,903
97Cedar Valley CollegeTX$35,340
98City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington CollegeIL$33,536

Certificate (2-4 years)

national median $56,877 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Ridgewater CollegeMN$46,924$64,402+13%
2Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$46,994$59,848$77,631+5%
3St. Cloud Technical and Community CollegeMN$40,113$56,877$69,7270%
4Northland Community and Technical CollegeMN$42,235$54,333-4%