Student Population at University of South Dakota

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,856	7,132	2,724

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,856 students have enrolled in University of South Dakota with 7,132 undergraduate and 2,724 graduate students.

By gender, 3,641 male and 6,215 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

3,288 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,427 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

University of South Dakota has a total of 9,856 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,132 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,724 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,641 male and 6,215 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,856	7,132	2,724
Men	3,641	2,570	1,071
Women	6,215	4,562	1,653

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,815 White, 271 Black, and 130 Asian students out of a total of 9,856 are attending at University of South Dakota. 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	161	47	114
Asian	130	51	79
Black	271	146	125
Hispanic	389	133	256
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	5	3
White	7,815	2,757	5,058
Two or more races	301	116	185
Race Unknown	381	146	235

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	108	30	78
Asian	80	34	46
Black	220	115	105
Hispanic	323	108	215
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	5,811	2,029	3,782
Two or more races	221	93	128
Race Unknown	222	94	128

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	53	17	36
Asian	50	17	33
Black	51	31	20
Hispanic	66	25	41
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	3	1
White	2,004	728	1,276
Two or more races	80	23	57
Race Unknown	159	52	107

Student Age Distribution

By age, USD has 1,226 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 7,438 students under 25 years old, and 2,418 students over 25 years old out of 9,856 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,226 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. USD has 6,482 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 650 students aged 25 and over.

It has 956 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,768 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,226	820	406
18-19	2,363	1,566	797
20-21	2,177	1,370	807
22-24	1,672	993	679
25-29	1,016	587	429
30-34	481	282	199
35-39	331	209	122
40-49	405	264	141
50-64	173	119	54
Over 65	12	5	7

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,226	820	406
18-19	2,363	1,566	797
20-21	2,122	1,328	794
22-24	771	421	350
25-29	274	184	90
30-34	155	103	52
35-39	89	55	34
40-49	106	68	38
50-64	22	14	8
Over 65	4	3	1

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 University of South Dakota, 3,288 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,427 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,635 students lived in South Dakota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 653 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	9,856	3,288	2,427
Undergraduate	7,132	2,152	2,061
Graduate	2,724	1,136	366

Online Student Population by Locality
	South Dakota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,635	638	15
Undergraduate	1,886	259	7
Graduate	749	379	8

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,132 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 296 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.15%.228 students have transferred in as full-time status and 68 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,316
Transfer-in Full-time	228
Regular Part-time	2,520
Transfer-in Part-time	68

Student Population at University of South Dakota

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