Dutchess Community College Trade Programs

Dutchess Community College is a public institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Dutchess Community College?

Contact details for DCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	53 Pendell Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1595
Phone:	845-431-8000
Website:	www.sunydutchess.edu

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Can I Afford DCC?

In a recent term, part-time DCC students paid $200 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $400 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,800	$9,600
Fees	$546	$546
Books and Supplies	$1,450	$1,450
On Campus Room and Board	$15,260	$15,260
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,399	$3,399

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 DCC, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,489 a year. That adds up to $21,956 over four years for those students.

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Dutchess Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,034 undergraduate students at DCC, with 3,015 being full-time and 5,019 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,015 full-time undergraduates at DCC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dutchess Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	392
Hispanic or Latino	725
White	1,569
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	231

Over 27 countries are represented at DCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Dutchess Community College

In 2022-2023, 2,554 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Dutchess Community College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	22	0	0	22
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	0	13	3	16
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology	0	10	0	10
Laboratory Technician	0	10	0	10
Architectural Engineering Technology	0	9	0	9
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	0	7	0	7
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician	4	0	0	4
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	0	3	0	3
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	0	2	0	2
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	0	0	2	2
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	0	2	0	2
Airframe Mechanics & Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	26	56	5	87

Dutchess Community College Trades

In a recent academic period, Dutchess Community College awarded 209 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Air Transportation	0	0	5	0
Allied Health Professions	0	3	13	0
Architectural Engineering Technology	0	0	9	0
Building Management & Inspection	0	0	7	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	22	0	10	0
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	10	0
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	4	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	2	2	0
Total	56	10	143	0

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.