Enrollment Trends at Oglala Lakota

The student population at Oglala Lakota College is 1,177 (1,147 undergraduate and 30 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 374 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Oglala Lakota is 97.45% which is decreased by 370 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 4 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.43 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

324 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,845.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,338 where 1,177 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 370 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 4 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.43 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Oglala Lakota than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oglala Lakota College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,551	1,517	515	1,002	34	4	30
2014-15	1,427 -124	1,381 -136	418 -97	963 -39	46 12	10 6	36 6
2015-16	1,366 -61	1,320 -61	441 23	879 -84	46 0	9 -1	37 1
2016-17	1,301 -65	1,262 -58	413 -28	849 -30	39 -7	14 5	25 -12
2017-18	1,246 -55	1,216 -46	409 -4	807 -42	30 -9	10 -4	20 -5
2018-19	1,300 54	1,263 47	414 5	849 42	37 7	13 3	24 4
2019-20	1,306 6	1,280 17	429 15	851 2	26 -11	12 -1	14 -10
2020-21	1,251 -55	1,222 -58	331 -98	891 40	29 3	8 -4	21 7
2021-22	1,451 200	1,414 192	404 73	1,010 119	37 8	13 5	24 3
2022-23	1,177 -274	1,147 -267	336 -68	811 -199	30 -7	7 -6	23 -1
Average	1,338	1,302	411	891	35	10	25

Oglala Lakota College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,302 where 1,147 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 Oglala Lakota College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,517	884	347	537	633	168	465
2014-15	1,381	794	270	524	587	148	439
2015-16	1,320	801	307	494	519	134	385
2016-17	1,262	771	280	491	491	133	358
2017-18	1,216	715	261	454	501	148	353
2018-19	1,263	721	264	457	542	150	392
2019-20	1,280	706	259	447	574	170	404
2020-21	1,222	637	181	456	585	150	435
2021-22	1,414	628	191	437	786	213	573
2022-23	1,147	486	164	322	661	172	489
Average	1,302	1,302	252	462	1,302	159	429

Oglala Lakota College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 35 where 30 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 Oglala Lakota College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34	0	0	0	34	4	30
2014-15	46	3	0	3	43	10	33
2015-16	46	5	1	4	41	8	33
2016-17	39	3	0	3	36	14	22
2017-18	30	2	0	2	28	10	18
2018-19	37	0	0	0	37	13	24
2019-20	26	0	0	0	26	12	14
2020-21	29	0	0	0	29	8	21
2021-22	37	0	0	0	37	13	24
2022-23	30	0	0	0	30	7	23
Average	35	35	0	1	35	10	24

Oglala Lakota College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.78% and the percentage of black students is 0.17% at Oglala Lakota College. 0.25% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oglala Lakota College 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	1,475	0	4	7	0	62	0
2014-15	1,361	1	0	6	1	53	0
2015-16	1,286	0	2	25	2	43	1
2016-17	1,239	0	5	5	0	43	5
2017-18	1,179	3	3	9	0	44	6
2018-19	1,225	0	3	5	3	56	6
2019-20	1,243	1	2	9	0	46	4
2020-21	1,201	0	2	7	0	39	2
2021-22	1,381	0	2	6	1	47	14
2022-23	1,132	3	2	7	0	21	12
Average	1,272	1	3	9	1	45	5

Oglala Lakota College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

324 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,845.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oglala Lakota College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,427	11	78	1,338
2015-16	1,366	9	80	1,277
2016-17	1,301	158	0	1,143
2017-18	1,246	0	411	835
2018-19	1,300	0	397	903
2019-20	1,306	33	91	1,182
2020-21	1,251	1,251	0	0
2021-22	1,451	1,410	41	0
2022-23	1,177	324	489	364
Average	1,314	355	176	782

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