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Career Information for Mechanical Drafters in Iowa

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Fast Facts for Mechanical Drafters in Iowa

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Ames
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Des Moines, Davenport, and Sioux City
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Davenport

Salaries for Mechanical Drafters in Iowa

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Waterloo. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Mechanical Drafters in Iowa are listed below.

Selected Drafting Schools in Iowa

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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Vatterott College
Des Moines

Offers diploma and degree programs in health care, business, computer science, and technical fields. Located in several campus locations across the Midwest

  • Programs: Computer Aided Drafting, Computer-Aided Drafting And Design, Computer-Aided Drafting Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Mechanical Drafters in Iowa

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Iowa Drafting Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkenyAssociate18,320
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenportAssociate7,329
Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterlooAssociate5,725
Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwaAssociate4,174
Iowa Central Community CollegeFort DodgeAssociate5,731
Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEsthervilleAssociate3,013
Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar RapidsAssociate15,091
Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltownAssociate1,701
Northeast Iowa Community College-CalmarCalmarAssociate4,810
Northwest Iowa Community CollegeSheldonAssociate1,288
Southeastern Community College West BurlingtonWest BurlingtonAssociate3,351
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux CityAssociate5,191

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Mechanical Drafters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Iowa. 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

IOWA

   
Cedar Rapids160$53,6802.4
Waterloo90$49,7002.2
Ames30$40,9401.8
Dubuque40$37,0801.7
Sioux City40$45,8401.2
Davenport90$51,1801
Des Moines100$41,0700.6
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