MN
Dakota County Technical College
0.35 incidents / 1,000 students
Rosemount, MN · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Dakota County Technical College
Across 2022–2024, Dakota County Technical College reported 6 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: South Central College.
- 0.35
- Incidents / 1k students
- #216
- Rank of 2,072
- #25
- MN rank
- 2,894
- Enrolled students
0.35 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Dakota County Technical College reports 0.35 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 87% below Eastern Oregon University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); University of Guam (1.04/1k); Fort Valley State University (2.42/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes South Central College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Minnesota North College (1.89/1k); Alexandria Technical & Community College (1.22/1k); Minnesota State College Southeast (0.00/1k); Minnesota West Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inver Hills Community College (1.58/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 0.35
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #216
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 90%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 173416 · Dakota County Technical College 0.35/1k score rate · #216/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.35/1k
- RANK-UPPER #216/2,072
- ST-MID #25 in state
- BELOW-PEER Philadelphia College of Osteopathic · 0.34 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 75%
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 2,894
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (+0.34/1k)
Dakota County Technical College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (+0.34/1k). National rank #216 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Dakota County Technical College reports 0.35 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 87% below Eastern Oregon University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); University of Guam (1.04/1k); Fort Valley State University (2.42/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes South Central College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Minnesota North College (1.89/1k); Alexandria Technical & Community College (1.22/1k); Minnesota State College Southeast (0.00/1k); Minnesota West Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inver Hills Community College (1.58/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Dakota County Technical
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Dakota on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Dakota County Technical College · this campus · lowest 0.35
Dakota County Technical College — this campus · lowest
0.35 per 1,000 students
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic · near 0.69
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine — near
0.69 per 1,000 students
- Eastern Oregon University · near 0.69
Eastern Oregon University — near
0.69 per 1,000 students
- University of Guam · near 1.04
University of Guam — near
1.04 per 1,000 students
- Adams State University · highest peer
Adams State University — highest peer
8.96 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Dakota County Technical College's 0.35/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Dakota County Technical College was unchanged from 1 to 1 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 29 MN 2-year peers in this comparison, Dakota County Technical College is larger than 36% and safer-reporting than 36% - the smaller, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 29, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 43, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 7
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 46, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 18
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 54, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 21, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 21
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 57, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 18, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 43
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 71, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 29
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 46
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 79, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 82, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 7, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 93, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 57
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 54
- Dakota County Technical Co…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon School of Cosmetology | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | 61 |
| White Earth Tribal and Community College | 119 | 0.00 | 4 | 61 |
| Leech Lake Tribal College | 209 | 0.00 | 7 | 61 |
| Red Lake Nation College | 338 | 0.00 | 11 | 61 |
| Northwest Technical College | 978 | 0.00 | 14 | 61 |
| Pine Technical & Community College | 1,794 | 0.00 | 18 | 61 |
| Anoka Technical College | 1,970 | 0.51 | 21 | 21 |
| Minnesota State College Southeast | 2,331 | 0.00 | 25 | 61 |
| Northland Community and Technical College | 2,631 | 0.00 | 29 | 61 |
| South Central College | 2,731 | 0.00 | 32 | 61 |
| Dakota County Technical College (this campus) | 2,894 | 0.35 | 36 | 36 |
| Ridgewater College | 3,148 | 0.00 | 39 | 61 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Dakota County Technical College held level. The total is unchanged, but the mix behind it is not. Rising: Burglary (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Aggravated Assault (1 to 0).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Dakota County Technical College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Aggravated Assault, Burglary and Fondling. Aggravated Assault accounts for most of them.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Incest, Motor Vehicle Theft and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyDakota County Technical College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 75% (4 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
Dakota County Technical College vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
OR
Eastern Oregon University
0.69 incidents / 1,000 students
GU
University of Guam
1.04 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Dakota County Technical College sits on price and outcomes
At $13,548, Dakota County Technical College's reported average net price is cheaper than 31% among 80 Minnesota colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $16,863.
- $13,548
- average net price
- $16,863
- Minnesota median
- 4.2×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $8,540
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $9,549, while those above $110,000 record $18,089 - roughly 1.9 times as much. A published average of $13,548 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $46,398, roughly 3.4 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish. 52% complete within six years, so roughly 48% leave without the credential - and those students still carry whatever they paid.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $6,679
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $6,679
- Avg Net Price
- $13,548
- Median Debt
- $11,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 27%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $46,398
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $51,938
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 68%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,254 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR · 2,894 enrolled
Safety Score 0.69
University of Guam
Mangilao, GU · 2,896 enrolled
Safety Score 1.04
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA · 2,897 enrolled
Safety Score 2.42
Adams State University
Alamosa, CO · 2,901 enrolled
Safety Score 8.96
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA · 2,901 enrolled
Safety Score 0.69
Closest by National Rank
Dakota County Technical College (national rank #216) sits near Newman University (#215) and University of Maine at Presque Isle (#217) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Dakota County Technical College, both outside MN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC · 2,905 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Orange Technical College-East Campus
Winter Park, FL · 2,912 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Snead State Community College
Boaz, AL · 2,917 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson, MS · 2,932 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Vance-Granville Community College
Henderson, NC · 2,936 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Lake Michigan College
Benton Harbor, MI · 2,937 enrolled
Safety score 1.36
Northwest Career College
Las Vegas, NV · 2,937 enrolled
Safety score 1.02
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
Fennimore, WI · 2,849 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA · 17,228 enrolled
Safety score 0.35
Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY · 19,973 enrolled
Safety score 0.35
Community College of Aurora
Aurora, CO · 8,833 enrolled
Safety score 0.34
Murray State College
Tishomingo, OK · 2,949 enrolled
Safety score 0.34
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, SC · 2,825 enrolled
Safety score 0.35
Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville, WI · 2,811 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, OH · 28,081 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA · 33,677 enrolled
Safety score 0.36
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dakota County Technical College safe?
Dakota County Technical College has a safety score of 0.35 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #216 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k). Same-state same-level set: South Central College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Minnesota North College (1.89/1k); Alexandria Technical & Community College (1.22/1k); Minnesota State College Southeast (0.00/1k); Minnesota West Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inver Hills Community College (1.58/1k).
What crimes are reported at Dakota County Technical College?
For calendar year 2024, Dakota County Technical College reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Dakota County Technical College compare to similar schools?
Dakota County Technical College reports 87% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Eastern Oregon University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Eastern Oregon University (0.69/1k); University of Guam (1.04/1k); Fort Valley State University (2.42/1k); Adams State University (8.96/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k). Same-state same-level set: South Central College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Northland Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Minnesota North College (1.89/1k); Alexandria Technical & Community College (1.22/1k); Minnesota State College Southeast (0.00/1k); Minnesota West Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Inver Hills Community College (1.58/1k).
Does Dakota County Technical College have fire safety data?
Dakota County Technical College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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