Dunwoody College of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Dunwoody College of Technology

Dunwoody College of Technology operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,533 students of which 1,578 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Dunwoody College of Technology is categorized as “23” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 98.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,939, with published in-state tuition of $27,836 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $16,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 64.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.2%. Graduates earn a median of $61,511 ten years after enrolling, compared with $59,069 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 99700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.