Dakota County Technical College Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Dakota County Technical College Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Dakota County Technical College was awarded 15 badges in the 2021 rankings.

Overall Quality

DCTC was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

See all of the rankings for Dakota County Technical College.

Is It Hard to Get Into DCTC?

Acceptance Rate

Dakota County Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Learn more about Dakota County Technical College admissions.

Dakota County Technical College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Dakota County Technical College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Dakota County Technical College is 45%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Dakota County Technical College

Freshmen Retention Rate

Dakota County Technical College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Dakota County Technical College.

Average Overall Diversity at DCTC

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,433 undergraduates at DCTC with 1,371 being full-time and 1,062 being part-time.

DCTC Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

DCTC scored 51.75 out of 100 for overall diversity. This is about average when compared to other colleges and universities in the United States.

Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Dakota County Technical College.

How Much Does Dakota County Technical College Cost?

The overall average net price of DCTC is $11,442. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for DCTC

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$9,206	$9,819	$11,196	$14,223	$15,067

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of DCTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At DCTC, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $5,522 a year. That adds up to $22,088 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at DCTC is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do DCTC Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from DCTC make around $38,500 per year during the early years of their employment. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Dakota County Technical College make the most money.

Location of Dakota County Technical College

Located in Rosemount, Minnesota, Dakota County Technical College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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Contact details for DCTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1300 145Th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068-2999
Phone:	651-423-8301
Website:	www.dctc.edu/

Dakota County Technical College Majors

Learn more about the majors offered at Dakota County Technical College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at DCTC

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2017-2018, 865 students took at least one online class at Dakota County Technical College. This is a decrease from the 879 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	865	287
2016-2017	879	276
2015-2016	883	296
2014-2015	978	357
2013-2014	1,029	385

Learn more about online learning at Dakota County Technical College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.