Enrollment Trends at BHSU

The student population at Black Hills State University is 3,425 (3,261 undergraduate and 164 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,039 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BHSU is 95.21% which is decreased by 741 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 298 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,332 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 46.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,024 where 3,425 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 741 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 298 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BHSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Black Hills State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,464	4,002	1,485	2,517	462	126	336
2014-15	4,489 25	4,020 18	1,460 -25	2,560 43	469 7	113 -13	356 20
2015-16	4,395 -94	3,896 -124	1,391 -69	2,505 -55	499 30	114 1	385 29
2016-17	4,244 -151	3,812 -84	1,421 30	2,391 -114	432 -67	92 -22	340 -45
2017-18	4,178 -66	3,947 135	1,471 50	2,476 85	231 -201	60 -32	171 -169
2018-19	4,035 -143	3,745 -202	1,333 -138	2,412 -64	290 59	82 22	208 37
2019-20	3,858 -177	3,684 -61	1,356 23	2,328 -84	174 -116	61 -21	113 -95
2020-21	3,608 -250	3,413 -271	1,278 -78	2,135 -193	195 21	63 2	132 19
2021-22	3,539 -69	3,346 -67	1,231 -47	2,115 -20	193 -2	66 3	127 -5
2022-23	3,425 -114	3,261 -85	1,193 -38	2,068 -47	164 -29	59 -7	105 -22
Average	4,024	3,713	1,362	2,351	311	84	227

Black Hills State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,713 where 3,261 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Black Hills State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,002	2,487	952	1,535	1,515	533	982
2014-15	4,020	2,279	859	1,420	1,741	601	1,140
2015-16	3,896	2,238	864	1,374	1,658	527	1,131
2016-17	3,812	2,221	843	1,378	1,591	578	1,013
2017-18	3,947	2,195	836	1,359	1,752	635	1,117
2018-19	3,745	2,029	762	1,267	1,716	571	1,145
2019-20	3,684	1,945	699	1,246	1,739	657	1,082
2020-21	3,413	1,794	619	1,175	1,619	659	960
2021-22	3,346	1,697	581	1,116	1,649	650	999
2022-23	3,261	1,602	548	1,054	1,659	645	1,014
Average	3,713	3,713	756	1,292	3,713	606	1,058

Black Hills State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 311 where 164 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Black Hills State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	462	39	14	25	423	112	311
2014-15	469	32	15	17	437	98	339
2015-16	499	29	16	13	470	98	372
2016-17	432	29	9	20	403	83	320
2017-18	231	28	10	18	203	50	153
2018-19	290	33	12	21	257	70	187
2019-20	174	23	4	19	151	57	94
2020-21	195	40	15	25	155	48	107
2021-22	193	28	8	20	165	58	107
2022-23	164	17	9	8	147	50	97
Average	311	311	11	19	311	72	209

Black Hills State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.82%. The percentage was 85.98% 10 years ago and BHSU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.02% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Black Hills State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	158	25	40	173	9	3,838	122
2014-15	154	22	41	166	10	3,697	143
2015-16	137	28	65	188	9	3,605	168
2016-17	140	35	52	208	5	3,433	176
2017-18	160	34	68	203	4	3,361	185
2018-19	156	36	77	206	1	3,214	172
2019-20	146	35	54	197	5	3,072	178
2020-21	88	29	47	170	4	2,935	143
2021-22	68	32	35	122	3	2,945	120
2022-23	73	28	35	110	3	2,905	70
Average	128	30	51	174	5	3,301	148

Black Hills State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,332 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 46.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Black Hills State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,489	907	862	2,720
2015-16	4,395	887	847	2,661
2016-17	4,244	971	901	2,372
2017-18	4,178	1,076	1,023	2,079
2018-19	4,035	1,106	911	2,018
2019-20	3,858	1,281	968	1,609
2020-21	3,608	1,303	1,017	1,288
2021-22	3,539	1,356	964	1,219
2022-23	3,425	1,332	896	1,197
Average	3,975	1,135	932	1,907

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