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What can you do with a
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians degree?

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
4.5 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$21k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$66,267
Typical debt
$27,000
4-yr net cost
$66,056
Monthly loan payment
$307/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

2 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Mechanical Draftersstretch
AI risk 0 → 50 future · -6.5% demand
$79,850
Architectural and Civil Drafterscommon
AI risk 0 → 54 future · +4.1% demand
$65,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.