A total of 51,460 students are enrolled in South Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 22,922 men students and 28,538 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.80 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 56.08% of total enrollment is women students and 43.92% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 50.10%.
For South Dakota colleges with more than 1,000 students, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the highest ratio of men students (75.76%) and Oglala Lakota College has the highest ratio of women students (70.86%).
By gender, 44.54% of total students is men students (22,922) and 55.46% is women students (28,538) in South Dakota collegs.
In 17 4-year South Dakota colleges in United States, there are 19,318 men students which is 43.92% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Dakota colleges is 56.08% (24,668).
Of the 7,211 students attending South Dakota community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 49.90% are men (3,613) and 50.10% are women students (3,613).
In South Dakota trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 6 men and 257 women students, accounting for 2.28% and 97.72% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 51,460 | 22,922 (44.54%) |
28,538 (55.46%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 43,986 | 19,318 (43.92%) |
24,668 (56.08%) |
| Community Colleges | 7,211 | 3,598 (49.90%) |
3,613 (50.10%) |
| Trade Schools | 263 | 6 (2.28%) |
257 (97.72%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Dakota colleges. A total of 51,460 students have enrolled in South Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Augustana UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,086 | 755 (36.2%) |
1,331 (63.8%) |
1,831 | 696 (38.0%) |
1,135 (62.0%) | 255 | 59 (23.1%) |
196 (76.9%) |
| The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 62 | 1 (1.6%) |
61 (98.4%) |
62 | 1 (1.6%) |
61 (98.4%) | - | - | - |
| Black Hills State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,425 | 1,252 (36.6%) |
2,173 (63.4%) |
3,261 | 1,193 (36.6%) |
2,068 (63.4%) | 164 | 59 (36.0%) |
105 (64.0%) |
| Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,241 | 2,085 (64.3%) |
1,156 (35.7%) |
2,757 | 1,722 (62.5%) |
1,035 (37.5%) | 484 | 363 (75.0%) |
121 (25.0%) |
| Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 887 | 412 (46.4%) |
475 (53.6%) |
723 | 339 (46.9%) |
384 (53.1%) | 164 | 73 (44.5%) |
91 (55.5%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-year | 76 | 4 (5.3%) |
72 (94.7%) |
76 | 4 (5.3%) |
72 (94.7%) | - | - | - |
| Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,238 | 1,122 (50.1%) |
1,116 (49.9%) |
2,238 | 1,122 (50.1%) |
1,116 (49.9%) | - | - | - |
| Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 23 | 3 (13.0%) |
20 (87.0%) |
23 | 3 (13.0%) |
20 (87.0%) | - | - | - |
| Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,203 | 782 (65.0%) |
421 (35.0%) |
1,203 | 782 (65.0%) |
421 (35.0%) | - | - | - |
| Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,252 | 584 (46.6%) |
668 (53.4%) |
1,080 | 523 (48.4%) |
557 (51.6%) | 172 | 61 (35.5%) |
111 (64.5%) |
| National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, 4-year | 1,151 | 544 (47.3%) |
607 (52.7%) |
929 | 431 (46.4%) |
498 (53.6%) | 222 | 113 (50.9%) |
109 (49.1%) |
| Kairos UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 917 | 545 (59.4%) |
372 (40.6%) |
38 | 19 (50.0%) |
19 (50.0%) | 879 | 526 (59.8%) |
353 (40.2%) |
| Northern State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,344 | 1,228 (36.7%) |
2,116 (63.3%) |
2,851 | 1,113 (39.0%) |
1,738 (61.0%) | 493 | 115 (23.3%) |
378 (76.7%) |
| Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,177 | 343 (29.1%) |
834 (70.9%) |
1,147 | 336 (29.3%) |
811 (70.7%) | 30 | 7 (23.3%) |
23 (76.7%) |
| South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 2,492 | 1,888 (75.8%) |
604 (24.2%) |
2,163 | 1,647 (76.1%) |
516 (23.9%) | 329 | 241 (73.3%) |
88 (26.7%) |
| South Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 11,327 | 4,951 (43.7%) |
6,376 (56.3%) |
9,917 | 4,407 (44.4%) |
5,510 (55.6%) | 1,410 | 544 (38.6%) |
866 (61.4%) |
| Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, 4-year | 544 | 130 (23.9%) |
414 (76.1%) |
482 | 115 (23.9%) |
367 (76.1%) | 62 | 15 (24.2%) |
47 (75.8%) |
| University of Sioux FallsPrivate, 4-year | 1,594 | 616 (38.6%) |
978 (61.4%) |
1,325 | 504 (38.0%) |
821 (62.0%) | 269 | 112 (41.6%) |
157 (58.4%) |
| Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 year | 27 | 4 (14.8%) |
23 (85.2%) |
27 | 4 (14.8%) |
23 (85.2%) | - | - | - |
| Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, 4-year | 187 | 74 (39.6%) |
113 (60.4%) |
187 | 74 (39.6%) |
113 (60.4%) | - | - | - |
| Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,453 | 1,136 (46.3%) |
1,317 (53.7%) |
2,453 | 1,136 (46.3%) |
1,317 (53.7%) | - | - | - |
| Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 125 | 1 (0.8%) |
124 (99.2%) |
125 | 1 (0.8%) |
124 (99.2%) | - | - | - |
| University of South DakotaPublic, 4-year | 9,856 | 3,641 (36.9%) |
6,215 (63.1%) |
7,132 | 2,570 (36.0%) |
4,562 (64.0%) | 2,724 | 1,071 (39.3%) |
1,653 (60.7%) |
| Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,267 | 551 (43.5%) |
716 (56.5%) |
1,267 | 551 (43.5%) |
716 (56.5%) | - | - | - |
| California Intercontinental UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 506 | 270 (53.4%) |
236 (46.6%) |
155 | 84 (54.2%) |
71 (45.8%) | 351 | 186 (53.0%) |
165 (47.0%) |
| Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |