Dakota County Technical College (www.dctc.edu) offers the four-year Bachelor of Science program in three areas--Business Administration with management emphasis, Bachelor of Applied Science in Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education. According to the college website, the Early Childhood degree will certify you to teach from birth through third grade. A partnership between the Technical College and Southwest Minnesota State University makes this ability to offer four-year degrees possible. You can complete your associate degree at DCTC while working on your Southwest Minnesota State degree at the Technical College. You may take classes on an ITV, over the Internet, or in person on a college campus--or you may perform a combination of work in a conventional classroom and on-line assignments.
Ranken Technical College (www.ranken.edu) offers two four-year bachelor's degree programs--one in Architectural Technology, and the other in Applied Management. The Architectural program includes courses on design principles, site building design, and construction technology. The school gives you the opportunity to learn to manage projects from start to finish, in a hands-on manner, using a computer. In fact,the school requires you to complete the majority of the coursework on a computer, using a variety of architectural software.
The bachelor's in Applied Management is also available after you have completed an associate degree, or a two-year certificate from Ranken or another accredited institution, according to the Ranken website. You may finish in as little as two years as Ranken offers night classes year round to accommodate you as a working adult. This program consists of six clusters--Management; Human Resource Management; Business Financing; Marketing; Quality Control; and Management Information Systems.
ITT Technical College (www.itt-tech.edu) has satellite campuses around the country. It has been in business since 1969, and offers a diverse number of baccalaureate programs, including Information Systems Security, and Data Communications. ITT not only prepares its students for a career in computer-related fields; it also offers majors in Business Accounting Technology and Business Administration. In addition, ITT may also be the college for you if you are interested in a career in Criminal Justice or CJ with an emphasis in cyber security.
Vermont Tech (www.vtc.edu) combines academic and hands on approaches to career education. According to its website, its course offerings consist of over 30 baccalaureate and associate degree programs. Vermont Tech is a small school, with an average class size of 16, and the student to teacher ratio is 11 to one as of 2011. The school's headquarters are on the 544-acre Randolph Center campus and it has a second campus in Willliston.
The Vermont Tech experience also offers its students the opportunity to play sports. According to Pat Menchini, who as of 2011 is the interim school president, the campus has a variety of varsity and intramural sports programs, as well as a ski hill, so that students can relax after a day of classes.