DECA Membership

DECA chapters operate in approximately 4,000 high schools across the United States and Canada with additional chapters in Puerto Rico, Guam, Mexico, Germany and Hong Kong. With over 185,000 members, DECA’s High School Division is recognized by all 50 state departments of education and the U.S. Department of Education.

Membership in the High School Division is open to students with an interest in marketing, management, hospitality, finance, entrepreneurship, and/or business administration. DECA programs are cocurricular- meaning programs complement nationally recognized curriculum standards in the classroom and then go further to incorporate realistic educational experiences not available through classroom instruction alone. DECA programs enable students to explore curriculum related career skills, workplace experiences, community service and the development of business leadership capabilities.

Becoming a Mountain Range DECA member is easy! Enroll in Advanced Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, or Marketing Strategies and you will be a DECA member. Students must be enrolled in one of these classes to participate in DECA each year.

Our chapter is a 100% membership chapter, which means that all students in a marketing class will automatically become members of DECA. Mountain Range High School is currently the largest chapter in Colorado. 

For more information, visit DECA.org

The annual membership dues are $27.00 for local, Colorado, and International members. The dues are collected through the Bookkeeper during student check in. If would like more information about becoming a DECA member, please contact Mrs. Schaeffer or Mrs. Wimmer.