Enrollment Trends at DCTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,583 where 2,894 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,894 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,319 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,783 to 2,894 students, a net gain of 111 (4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dakota County Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,783	1,669	1,114
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
2023-24	2,662 -55	1,526 -60	1,136 5
2024-25	2,894 232	1,642 116	1,252 116
Average	2,583	1,514	1,069

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.58%. The percentage was 73.70% 10 years ago and DCTC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.39% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.16% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.70% to 61.58%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.59% to 3.39%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.73% to 10.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.36% to 14.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5865 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4431 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dakota County Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	15	107	292	304	2	1,651	138
2024-25	13	98	294	411	5	1,782	151
Average	11	103	248	245	3	1,728	108