Enrollment Trends at SD Mines

The student population at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is 2,492 (2,163 undergraduate and 329 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 148 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SD Mines is 86.80% which is decreased by 165 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 17 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.32 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

107 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 87.72% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,682 where 2,492 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 165 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 17 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.32 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SD Mines than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,640	2,328	1,792	536	312	239	73
2014-15	2,798 158	2,471 143	1,936 144	535 -1	327 15	245 6	82 9
2015-16	3,230 432	2,872 401	2,248 312	624 89	358 31	264 19	94 12
2016-17	2,809 -421	2,435 -437	1,921 -327	514 -110	374 16	273 9	101 7
2017-18	2,778 -31	2,421 -14	1,880 -41	541 27	357 -17	266 -7	91 -10
2018-19	2,654 -124	2,304 -117	1,742 -138	562 21	350 -7	263 -3	87 -4
2019-20	2,525 -129	2,202 -102	1,677 -65	525 -37	323 -27	241 -22	82 -5
2020-21	2,475 -50	2,146 -56	1,618 -59	528 3	329 6	249 8	80 -2
2021-22	2,416 -59	2,083 -63	1,591 -27	492 -36	333 4	254 5	79 -1
2022-23	2,492 76	2,163 80	1,647 56	516 24	329 -4	241 -13	88 9
Average	2,682	2,343	1,805	537	339	254	86

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,343 where 2,163 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,328	1,950	1,541	409	378	251	127
2014-15	2,471	2,079	1,661	418	392	275	117
2015-16	2,872	2,485	1,957	528	387	291	96
2016-17	2,435	2,018	1,614	404	417	307	110
2017-18	2,421	1,997	1,579	418	424	301	123
2018-19	2,304	1,873	1,456	417	431	286	145
2019-20	2,202	1,870	1,440	430	332	237	95
2020-21	2,146	1,701	1,292	409	445	326	119
2021-22	2,083	1,708	1,318	390	375	273	102
2022-23	2,163	1,727	1,353	374	436	294	142
Average	2,343	2,343	1,521	420	2,343	284	118

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 339 where 329 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	312	186	142	44	126	97	29
2014-15	327	208	154	54	119	91	28
2015-16	358	190	132	58	168	132	36
2016-17	374	203	144	59	171	129	42
2017-18	357	200	141	59	157	125	32
2018-19	350	193	142	51	157	121	36
2019-20	323	181	137	44	142	104	38
2020-21	329	172	128	44	157	121	36
2021-22	333	204	148	56	129	106	23
2022-23	329	193	135	58	136	106	30
Average	339	339	140	53	339	113	33

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.53%. The percentage was 82.95% 10 years ago and SD Mines still has a high percentage of white students. 1.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 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	43	36	38	92	3	2,190	86
2014-15	50	44	50	110	5	2,267	96
2015-16	60	39	61	127	8	2,639	112
2016-17	48	32	54	136	3	2,249	94
2017-18	47	46	55	137	4	2,204	97
2018-19	41	44	53	128	3	2,133	95
2019-20	28	37	41	128	0	2,007	105
2020-21	18	43	34	117	1	1,994	91
2021-22	25	30	31	116	1	1,949	76
2022-23	24	37	30	127	1	1,982	67
Average	38	39	45	122	3	2,161	92

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

107 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 87.72% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,798	57	79	2,662
2015-16	3,230	0	279	2,951
2016-17	2,809	82	193	2,534
2017-18	2,778	85	53	2,640
2018-19	2,654	64	72	2,518
2019-20	2,525	72	42	2,411
2020-21	2,475	265	1,814	396
2021-22	2,416	112	259	2,045
2022-23	2,492	107	256	2,129
Average	2,686	94	339	2,254

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