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

Where Is Dakota County Technical College?

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

Can I Afford DCTC?

During the <nil> academic year, part-time students at DCTC paid $192 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,759	$5,759
Fees	$660	$660
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200

Student Loan Debt

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 DCTC, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,890 a year. That adds up to $23,560 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at DCTC is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Dakota County Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,451 undergraduate students at DCTC, with 1,286 being full-time and 1,165 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,286 full-time undergraduates at DCTC, 65% are male and 35% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dakota County Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	66
Black or African American	121
Hispanic or Latino	131
White	866
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	98

Over 16 countries are represented at DCTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Kenya, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Dakota County Technical College

In 2020-2021, 1,464 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at DCTC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 29th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of DCTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Dakota County Technical College was 61.0%. This is the #483 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at DCTC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.