Student Population at Dakota State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
3,241	2,757	484

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,241 students have enrolled in Dakota State University with 2,757 undergraduate and 484 graduate students.

By gender, 2,085 male and 1,156 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (4,749 students in average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

1,773 students are enrolled exclusively, and 709 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Dakota State University has a total of 3,241 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,757 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 484 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,085 male and 1,156 female students (the male-female ratio is 64:36) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,241	2,757	484
Men	2,085	1,722	363
Women	1,156	1,035	121

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,493 White, 133 Black, and 94 Asian students out of a total of 3,241 are attending at Dakota State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	37	26	11
Asian	94	64	30
Black	133	100	33
Hispanic	153	113	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	16	14	2
White	2,493	1,555	938
Two or more races	87	56	31
Race Unknown	68	53	15

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	32	23	9
Asian	59	39	20
Black	85	63	22
Hispanic	129	91	38
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	12	2
White	2,244	1,371	873
Two or more races	80	49	31
Race Unknown	49	36	13

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	3	2
Asian	35	25	10
Black	48	37	11
Hispanic	24	22	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	249	184	65
Two or more races	7	7	0
Race Unknown	19	17	2

Student Age Distribution

By age, Dakota State has 258 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 2,312 students under 25 years old, and 929 students over 25 years old out of 3,241 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 258 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Dakota State has 2,231 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 526 students aged 25 and over.

It has 81 graduate students aged under 25 and 403 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	258	142	116
18-19	724	244	480
20-21	827	310	517
22-24	503	172	331
25-29	283	95	188
30-34	216	73	143
35-39	151	32	119
40-49	214	67	147
50-64	60	19	41
Over 65	5	2	3

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	258	142	116
18-19	724	244	480
20-21	816	309	507
22-24	433	143	290
25-29	199	77	122
30-34	127	53	74
35-39	92	23	69
40-49	84	37	47
50-64	20	5	15
Over 65	4	2	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Dakota State University, 1,773 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 709 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,036 students lived in South Dakota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 737 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	3,241	1,773	709
Undergraduate	2,757	1,378	654
Graduate	484	395	55

Online Student Population by Locality
	South Dakota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,036	710	27
Undergraduate	950	419	9
Graduate	86	291	18

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,757 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 212 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.69%.127 students have transferred in as full-time status and 85 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,269
Transfer-in Full-time	127
Regular Part-time	1,276
Transfer-in Part-time	85

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