How Student Population Changes at DCTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,729 where 2,717 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 0.71 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in DCTC than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dakota County Technical College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,711	2,267	1,444
2013-14	3,128 -583	1,799 -468	1,329 -115
2014-15	2,910 -218	1,689 -110	1,221 -108
2015-16	2,783 -127	1,669 -20	1,114 -107
2016-17	2,566 -217	1,614 -55	952 -162
2017-18	2,478 -88	1,494 -120	984 32
2018-19	2,523 45	1,538 44	985 1
2019-20	2,433 -90	1,463 -75	970 -15
2020-21	2,319 -114	1,256 -207	1,063 93
2021-22	2,451 132	1,353 97	1,098 35
2022-23	2,717 266	1,586 233	1,131 33
Average	2,729	1,612	1,117

Dakota County Technical College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.57%. The percentage was 78.09% 10 years ago and DCTC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.53% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dakota County Technical College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	19	117	254	165	2	2,898	98
2013-14	24	112	226	154	3	2,395	108
2014-15	13	100	228	162	3	2,173	99
2015-16	7	100	243	177	2	2,051	77
2016-17	6	109	205	181	3	1,854	73
2017-18	14	105	220	178	4	1,747	86
2018-19	8	108	245	189	3	1,744	103
2019-20	11	80	217	221	2	1,626	106
2020-21	11	77	212	246	1	1,540	114
2021-22	10	114	267	249	1	1,583	110
2022-23	16	128	286	294	6	1,700	125
Average	13	105	237	201	3	1,937	100

Dakota County Technical College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

615 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 59.74% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dakota County Technical College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,910	385	644	1,881
2015-16	2,783	357	621	1,805
2016-17	2,566	296	587	1,683
2017-18	2,478	276	603	1,599
2018-19	2,523	287	578	1,658
2019-20	2,433	303	557	1,573
2020-21	2,319	1,034	813	472
2021-22	2,451	624	840	987
2022-23	2,717	615	731	1,371
Average	2,576	464	664	1,448

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Enrollment Trends at DCTC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes