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Mechanical Drafters

Typically requires: Associate's degree

Median pay
$71,550/yr
10-yr job growth
-6.5%
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Degree Programs That Lead Here

These are the fields of study that feed into a Mechanical Drafters career. The colleges below all offer at least one of them.

558 colleges · showing 1–25

College Matching program Credential Net price/yr State
Ventura College Ventura, CA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's CA
Atlanta Technical College Atlanta, GA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Certificate GA
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump Crump, TN · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Certificate TN
Coastal Pines Technical College Waycross, GA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's GA
College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $480 CA
College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $536 CA
Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI · 4-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech +1 more Graduate $660 MI
Southern Regional Technical College Thomasville, GA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $813 GA
Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $995 NC
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan San Juan, PR · 2-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Associate's $1,121 PR
South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $1,164 GA
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan, AL · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech +1 more Associate's $1,170 AL
Texas A&M University-Central Texas Killeen, TX · 4-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Bachelor's $1,300 TX
College of the Mainland Texas City, TX · 4-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $1,342 TX
Trident Technical College Charleston, SC · 2-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Associate's $1,406 SC
Macomb Community College Warren, MI · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech +1 more Associate's $1,618 MI
Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Certificate $1,672 IL
South Texas College McAllen, TX · 4-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $1,751 TX
Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC · 2-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Associate's $1,776 NC
Manatee Technical College Bradenton, FL · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Certificate $1,808 FL
Victor Valley College Victorville, CA · 4-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $1,947 CA
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC · 2-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Associate's $2,004 SC
Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $2,090 CA
Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA · 2-yr Public Mechanical Engineering Tech Certificate $2,129 CA
Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, IL · 2-yr Public Drafting/Design Engineering Tech Associate's $2,232 IL

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