Marketing at Dakota County Technical College

If you are interested in studying marketing, you may want to check out the program at Dakota County Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DCTC is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,319.

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

DCTC Marketing Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at DCTC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? DCTC offers distance education options for marketing at the following degree levels:

DCTC Marketing Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Marketing Student Demographics at DCTC

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

DCTC Marketing Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of marketing associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in marketing at DCTC are white. Around 54% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. DCTC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in marketing graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Marketing

If you plan to be a marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Dakota County Technical College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	13

Related Majors

• Business Support & Assistant Services
• Hospitality Management
• Management Information Systems
• Construction Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in marketing 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	14,850	$74,300
Sales Managers	11,120	$132,420
Marketing Managers	8,390	$139,440
Business Professors	1,360	$105,380
Advertising and Promotions Managers	490	$133,480

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.