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Career Information for Mechanical Drafters in California

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Fast Facts for Mechanical Drafters in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, and Sacramento
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bakersfield, San Francisco, and Stockton
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Santa Ana, Riverside, and San Diego

Salaries for Mechanical Drafters in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: San Jose, Santa Rosa, and San Francisco. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Mechanical Drafters in California are listed below.

Selected Drafting Schools in California

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Carrington College California
San Jose

Carrington College California offers programs in the health care and criminal justice and was founded in 1967.

  • Programs: Architectural And Design Drafting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate

ITT Technical Institute
Anaheim, Lathrop, Oxnard, Rancho Cordova, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sylmar, Torrance, West Covina

With over 100 campuses in 34 states nationwide and online programs offered as well, the ITT Technical Institutes may have a program that is convenient for you. ITT Tech is dedicated to teaching technology.

  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Mechanical Drafters in California

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Drafting With AutoCAD
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More California Drafting Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Allan Hancock CollegeSanta MariaAssociate13,176
American River CollegeSacramentoAssociate33,821
Antelope Valley CollegeLancasterAssociate13,312
Bakersfield CollegeBakersfieldAssociate17,405
Butte CollegeOrovilleAssociate12,228
Cabrillo CollegeAptosAssociate15,114
Cerritos CollegeNorwalkAssociate22,273
Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrestAssociate4,577
Chaffey CollegeRancho CucamongaAssociate18,736
Citrus CollegeGlendoraAssociate11,467
City College of San FranciscoSan FranciscoAssociate46,411
College of San MateoSan MateoAssociate10,516
College of the CanyonsSanta ClaritaAssociate17,499
College of the DesertPalm DesertAssociate8,597
College of the RedwoodsEurekaAssociate6,025
College of the SequoiasVisaliaAssociate11,697
Contra Costa CollegeSan PabloAssociate7,147
Cuesta CollegeSan Luis ObispoAssociate10,920
Cuyamaca CollegeEl CajonAssociate9,358
Cypress CollegeCypressAssociate13,592
De Anza CollegeCupertinoAssociate24,115
Diablo Valley CollegePleasant HillAssociate19,768
East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey ParkAssociate28,889
El Camino CollegeTorranceAssociate24,895
Evergreen Valley CollegeSan JoseAssociate8,707
Fresno City CollegeFresnoAssociate21,624
Fullerton CollegeFullertonAssociate20,719
Gavilan CollegeGilroyAssociate6,049
Glendale Community College GlendaleGlendaleAssociate16,827
Golden West CollegeHuntington BeachAssociate13,354
Hartnell CollegeSalinasAssociate9,890
Irvine Valley CollegeIrvineAssociate9,805
Laney CollegeOaklandAssociate11,745
Las Positas CollegeLivermoreAssociate8,024
Long Beach City CollegeLong BeachAssociate25,536
Los Angeles Harbor CollegeWilmingtonAssociate8,850
Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmarAssociate8,493
Los Angeles ORT Technical InstituteLos AngelesAssociate167
Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland HillsAssociate19,526
Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley GlenAssociate17,264
Merced CollegeMercedAssociate10,890
MiraCosta CollegeOceansideAssociate10,682
Mission CollegeSanta ClaraAssociate8,832
Modesto Junior CollegeModestoAssociate18,546
Moorpark CollegeMoorparkAssociate14,495
Mount Jacinto CollegeSan JacintoAssociate14,197
Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnutAssociate29,842
Napa Valley CollegeNapaAssociate7,169
Orange Coast CollegeCosta MesaAssociate24,424
Palomar CollegeSan MarcosAssociate27,222
Pasadena City CollegePasadenaAssociate26,672
Rio Hondo CollegeWhittierAssociate21,041
Riverside Community CollegeRiversideAssociate30,961
Sacramento City CollegeSacramentoAssociate24,596
Saddleback CollegeMission ViejoAssociate18,371
San Diego City CollegeSan DiegoAssociate17,013
San Diego Mesa CollegeSan DiegoAssociate21,437
San Joaquin Delta CollegeStocktonAssociate18,668
Santa Ana CollegeSanta AnaAssociate33,514
Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta BarbaraAssociate21,632
Shasta CollegeReddingAssociate9,102
Sierra CollegeRocklinAssociate18,859
Solano Community CollegeFairfieldAssociate11,163
Ventura CollegeVenturaAssociate12,603
Victor Valley CollegeVictorvilleAssociate10,149
West Valley CollegeSaratogaAssociate11,210

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Mechanical Drafters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Mechanical Drafters

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Mechanical Drafters relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
Santa Ana740$48,7200.9
Santa Barbara70$35,1800.8
Sacramento350$52,0400.8
San Jose350$67,6200.7
Oxnard110$50,9900.7
Riverside440$51,7200.7
San Diego400$44,7500.6
Fresno90$39,7400.5
Modesto40$50,3200.5
Oakland250$56,4200.5
Santa Rosa40$63,1300.4
Stockton40$53,4300.4
San Francisco180$58,9200.3
Bakersfield40$50,4400.3
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