It is affiliated with the Christian Church and accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.

In 2006 it joined the Southern Methodist University Meadows Choir to sing at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.

The college is a member of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA), an independent in the Southwest Region of the Division II level.

DCC offers basketball and soccer to both sexes, women's volleyball and men's baseball.

Teams compete in the NCCAA and the Association of Christian College Athletics Other sports include cross country and golf for everyone and softball for women.