Student Population at Dakota Wesleyan University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
887	723	164

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 887 students have enrolled in Dakota Wesleyan University with 723 undergraduate and 164 graduate students.

By gender, 412 male and 475 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,143 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

94 students are enrolled exclusively, and 215 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

Dakota Wesleyan University has a total of 887 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 723 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 164 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 412 male and 475 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	887	723	164
Men	412	339	73
Women	475	384	91

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 725 White, 12 Black, and 10 Asian students out of a total of 887 are attending at Dakota Wesleyan 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	15	3	12
Asian	10	3	7
Black	12	5	7
Hispanic	58	35	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	725	318	407
Two or more races	38	23	15
Race Unknown	12	10	2

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	15	3	12
Asian	9	3	6
Black	9	3	6
Hispanic	51	30	21
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	587	261	326
Two or more races	28	16	12
Race Unknown	9	9	0

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	1	0	1
Black	3	2	1
Hispanic	7	5	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	138	57	81
Two or more races	10	7	3
Race Unknown	3	1	2

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 Wesleyan University, 94 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 215 students are enrolled in some online courses.

49 students lived in South Dakota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 45 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	887	94	215
Undergraduate	723	8	145
Graduate	164	86	70

Online Student Population by Locality
	South Dakota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	49	43	2
Undergraduate	4	3	1
Graduate	45	40	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 723 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 69 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.54%.47 students have transferred in as full-time status and 22 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	533
Transfer-in Full-time	47
Regular Part-time	121
Transfer-in Part-time	22