Private nonprofit · Community college

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Large city

#2 for grad earnings in Minnesota
10%
Transfer rate
$26,939
Avg net price
66%
Grad / completion
$61,511
Median earnings

Dunwoody College of Technology is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota (large city setting), enrolling 1,533 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 1,533 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 99% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. Two Indigenous nations inhabited the area now called Minneapolis. Archaeologists have evidence that since 1000 AD, they were the Dakota (one half of the Sioux nation), and, after the 1700s, the Ojibwe (also known as Chippewa, members of the Anishinaabe nations). During the Gilded Age, the Walker Art Center began as a private art collection in the home of lumberman T. B. Walker, who extended free admission to the public. Around 1940, the center's focus shifted to modern and contemporary art. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
135 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP) · major hub

How Dunwoody College of Technology compares

Selectivity98.9%

More selective than 20% · #2 most selective of 2 in Minnesota

SAT average1120

Higher than 78%

Graduation rate66%

Higher than 56% · #8 of 42 in Minnesota

First-year retention76%

Higher than 57%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$61,511

Higher than 97% · #2 of 40 in Minnesota

Average net price$26,939

Cheaper than 14% · #41 cheapest of 43 in Minnesota

Median debt at graduation$16,000

Lower than 12%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment1,533

Larger than 78%

Percentiles compare Dunwoody College of Technology with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Minnesota.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

1,533undergrads
  • Women25617%
  • Men1,27783%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White60%
  • Black7.0%
  • Hispanic7.4%
  • Asian5.3%
  • Other or multiracial21%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,533
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
28%
Students over 25
30%
Median family income
$34,196
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$68,391
Endowment
$61,319,282

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 376 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Minnesota97%
  • Other U.S. states3.2%

Most first-years stay in state — Dunwoody College of Technology draws overwhelmingly from Minnesota.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$27,836
Room & board
$16,028
Books & supplies
$730
Total cost of attendance
$36,587
Average net price
$26,939

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
98.9%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
1120
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite
18–26
Average GPA (estimated)
3.19

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
66%
Graduated on time (4 years)
86%
First-year retention
76%
Transferred to another college
10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$59,069
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$61,511
Median debt at graduation
$16,000
Students with federal loans
55%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
54%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
86%
Low-income (Pell)
61%
First-generation
63%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
60
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
4%
Housing charge (year)
$12,700
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
3.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
14

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,537 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

4.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year4.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
4.0
Burglary
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$22,072
$30–48k
$22,324
$48–75k
$24,219
$75–110k
$27,706
$110k+
$33,568

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$96,876

$24,219/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

54%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$6,858
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,858. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 300 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$61,511
Typical debt at graduation
$16,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
26%
Out-earn a HS grad
71%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$54,819
Men
$63,911

Men out-earn women by $9,092 (17%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
83°F
Winter low
8°F
Annual rain
34.4″
Annual snow
54.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lower ST Anthony Falls, MN US station (2.2 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.