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Dunwoody College of Technology was awarded 138 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is welding technology/welder.
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College Factual ranked Dunwoody College of Technology as #645 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Dunwoody College of Technology held the #745 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 52 colleges in Minnesota, Dunwoody College of Technology is ranked at #30.
With an acceptance rate of 99%, Dunwoody College of Technology is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Dunwoody College of Technology it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Dunwoody College of Technology is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Dunwoody College of Technology this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,281 undergraduates at Dunwoody College of Technology with 1,058 being full-time and 223 being part-time.
$0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
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$24,540 | $24,054 | $25,839 | $27,213 | $30,746 |
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 Dunwoody College of Technology, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Dunwoody College of Technology, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $8,171 a year. That adds up to $32,684 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Dunwoody College of Technology is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Dunwoody College of Technology are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 818 Dunwoody Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55403-1192 |
Phone: | 612-374-5800 |
Website: | www.dunwoody.edu/ |
Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
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Manufacturing Engineering | 20 | $65,552 |
General Architecture | 14 | NA |
Construction Management | 12 | NA |
Design & Applied Arts | 11 | NA |
Computer Engineering | 8 | NA |
Business Administration & Management | 4 | NA |
Mechanical Engineering | 4 | NA |
Computer Systems Analysis | 2 | NA |
Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 0 | NA |
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 0 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 854 students took at least one online class at Dunwoody College of Technology. This is a decrease from the 1,182 students who took online classes the previous year.
Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
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2020-2021 | 854 | 85 |
2019-2020 | 1,182 | 311 |
2018-2019 | 459 | 35 |
2017-2018 | 320 | 29 |
2016-2017 | 291 | 29 |
Learn more about online learning at Dunwoody College of Technology.
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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