Computer Programming at Dakota County Technical College

Every computer programming school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the programming program at Dakota County Technical College stacks up to those at other schools.

DCTC is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and approximately 2,319 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Programming section at the bottom of this page.

DCTC Computer Programming Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Programming

DCTC Computer Programming Rankings

Programming Student Demographics at DCTC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the programming majors at Dakota County Technical College.

DCTC Computer Programming Associate’s Program

27% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of programming associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in programming only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at DCTC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in programming at DCTC are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota County Technical College with a associate's in programming.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Computer Programming

The following programming concentations are available at Dakota County Technical College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dakota County Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Programming	9

Information Technology

Careers That Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in programming can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Dakota County Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Software Applications Developers	19,970	$96,750
Systems Software Developers	6,460	$110,460
Computer Programmers	4,520	$86,710
Computer Network Support Specialists	3,970	$62,130
Web Developers	2,780	$79,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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