Enrollment Trends at National American University-Rapid City

The student population at National American University-Rapid City is 1,151 (929 undergraduate and 222 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,155 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at National American University-Rapid City is 80.71% which is decreased by 997 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 158 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,151 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -13.13% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,499 where 1,151 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.71% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.29% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 997 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 158 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in National American University-Rapid City than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at National American University-Rapid City since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,306	1,926	487	1,439	380	127	253
2014-15	1,479 -827	1,479 -447	359 -128	1,120 -319	0 -380	0 -127	0 -253
2015-16	1,298 -181	1,298 -181	312 -47	986 -134	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,543 245	1,543 245	338 26	1,205 219	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,346 -197	1,346 -197	306 -32	1,040 -165	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,665 319	1,421 75	399 93	1,022 -18	244 244	201 201	43 43
2019-20	1,554 -111	1,446 25	519 120	927 -95	108 -136	81 -120	27 -16
2020-21	1,440 -114	1,108 -338	472 -47	636 -291	332 224	162 81	170 143
2021-22	1,204 -236	942 -166	428 -44	514 -122	262 -70	132 -30	130 -40
2022-23	1,151 -53	929 -13	431 3	498 -16	222 -40	113 -19	109 -21
Average	1,499	1,344	405	939	155	82	73

National American University-Rapid City Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,344 where 929 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 National American University-Rapid City since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,926	196	59	137	1,730	428	1,302
2014-15	1,479	172	46	126	1,307	313	994
2015-16	1,298	235	49	186	1,063	263	800
2016-17	1,543	236	47	189	1,307	291	1,016
2017-18	1,346	303	61	242	1,043	245	798
2018-19	1,421	285	100	185	1,136	299	837
2019-20	1,446	276	124	152	1,170	395	775
2020-21	1,108	174	88	86	934	384	550
2021-22	942	124	70	54	818	358	460
2022-23	929	98	60	38	831	371	460
Average	1,344	1,344	70	140	1,344	335	799

National American University-Rapid City Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 155 where 222 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 National American University-Rapid City since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	380	125	49	76	255	78	177
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	244	31	25	6	213	176	37
2019-20	108	14	11	3	94	70	24
2020-21	332	123	54	69	209	108	101
2021-22	262	91	46	45	171	86	85
2022-23	222	95	39	56	127	74	53
Average	155	155	22	26	155	59	48

National American University-Rapid City Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.44% and the percentage of black students is 26.24% at National American University-Rapid City. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National American University-Rapid City 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	91	27	791	104	8	1,091	155
2014-15	58	8	529	54	7	713	89
2015-16	64	10	406	78	4	665	48
2016-17	43	12	494	88	6	701	16
2017-18	41	15	461	81	5	588	7
2018-19	41	21	556	113	10	767	11
2019-20	37	29	444	141	5	780	7
2020-21	31	33	318	356	6	518	49
2021-22	31	28	338	144	7	509	35
2022-23	24	21	302	149	5	477	73
Average	46	20	464	131	6	681	49

National American University-Rapid City Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,151 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -13.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at National American University-Rapid City from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,479	1,325	77	77
2015-16	1,298	1,035	85	178
2016-17	1,543	1,357	93	93
2017-18	1,346	1,282	40	24
2018-19	1,665	1,630	23	12
2019-20	1,554	1,543	5	6
2020-21	1,440	1,440	0	0
2021-22	1,204	1,204	0	0
2022-23	1,151	1,151	0	0
Average	1,409	1,330	36	43

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