Program Payoff

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians programs in Maryland

22 schools in Maryland teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Maryland

Architectural and Civil Drafters in Maryland earn a median of $75,180 a year across 910 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Maryland
Electrical and Electronics Drafters$75,680380
Mechanical Drafters$76,740360
Drafters, All Other$55,640160

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Anne Arundel Community College Arnold Undergraduate certificate not published 10
Anne Arundel Community College Arnold Associate's degree not published 31
Baltimore City Community College Baltimore Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Baltimore City Community College Baltimore Associate's degree not published 2
Carroll Community College Westminster Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Carroll Community College Westminster Associate's degree not published 3
Cecil College North East Associate's degree not published
Chesapeake College Wye Mills Undergraduate certificate not published 2
College of Southern Maryland La Plata Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore Associate's degree not published 1
Frederick Community College Frederick Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Frederick Community College Frederick Associate's degree not published 0
Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown Associate's degree not published 1
Harford Community College Bel Air Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Harford Community College Bel Air Associate's degree not published 7
Howard Community College Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Howard Community College Columbia Associate's degree not published 4
Montgomery College Rockville Undergraduate certificate not published 7
Montgomery College Rockville Associate's degree not published 46
Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury Undergraduate certificate not published

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.