Student Population at DCC

Total Enrollment

462 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

462

Online Enrollment

183

Men Students

225

Women Students

237

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 462 students have enrolled at Dawson Community College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 225 male and 237 female students are attending Dawson Community College. By attendance status, there are 210 full-time students and 252 part-time students.

The number of students at Dawson Community College is small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Montana.

Dawson Community College offers online degree/certificate programs and 183 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Dawson Community College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 225 male and 237 female students attending DCC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.95 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at DCC.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at DCC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	462	210	252
Men	225	105	120
Women	237	105	132

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 320 White students (69.26%) and 37 Black or African American students (8.01%) at Dawson Community College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Dawson Community College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Dawson Community College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	15	8	7
Asian	5	3	2
Black or African American	37	31	6
Hispanic	28	22	6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	320	129	191
Two or More Races	12	3	9
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	21	12	9
Total	462	225	237

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 391 students whose age under twenty five and 53 students whose age is over thirty years old at Dawson Community College.

Especially, 76 students are younger than eighteen and 2 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Dawson Community College.

Population by Student Age at Dawson Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	462	225	237
Under 18	76	29	47
18-19	191	99	92
20-21	93	59	34
22-24	31	20	11
25-29	17	3	14
30-34	15	4	11
35-39	14	3	11
40-49	15	1	14
50-64	7	6	1
65 and over	2	0	2
unknown	1	1	0
Total	462	225	237

Online Student Population

At Dawson Community College, 256 students (55.41% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 183 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 95 students live in Montana where Dawson Community College is located in and 88 students have enrolled from other states.