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Dakota County Technical College Data & Information Overview

39 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
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How Well Is Dakota County Technical College Ranked?

#649 Best Colleges in Nation
#23 Best Colleges in MN
Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician Highest Ranked Major
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2025 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 39 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medium/heavy vehicle & truck technology/technician.

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Overall Quality

DCTC landed the #649 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

DCTC is also ranked #23 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.

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Is It Hard to Get Into DCTC?

Open Admissions Policy

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

23 to 1 Student to Faculty
44% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Dakota County Technical College, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

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 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  44 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Dakota County Technical College

71% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Dakota County Technical College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
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Dakota County Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,328 Full-Time Undergraduates
28.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
36.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,319 undergraduates at DCTC with 1,328 being full-time and 991 being part-time.

How Much Does Dakota County Technical College Cost?

$11,252 Net Price
27% Take Out Loans
$23,272 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of DCTC is $11,252. 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 +
$8,547 $9,703 $11,072 $13,190 $15,432

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 27% of students took out student loans averaging $5,818 a year. That adds up to $23,272 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do DCTC Graduates Make?

$51,938 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from DCTC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $51,938 in their early years. This is good news for future DCTC graduates since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Dakota County Technical College

Minnesota State
1,328 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
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

36 Majors With Completions
1,726 Undergraduate Degrees
1,726 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 36 majors graduated from Dakota County Technical College. Of these students, 1,726 received undergraduate degrees and 1,726 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 116 NA
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 97 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 92 NA
Business Administration & Management 77 NA
Precision Metal Working 58 NA
Dental Support Services 37 NA
Human Resource Management 32 NA
Design & Applied Arts 32 NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 31 NA
Accounting 26 NA

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

50% Take At Least One Class Online
23% Take All Classes Online

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 2022-2023, 1,346 students took at least one online class at Dakota County Technical College. This is a decrease from the 1,464 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 1,346 615
2021-2022 1,464 624
2020-2021 1,847 1,034
2018-2019 865 287

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.

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