Enrollment Trends at South Dakota State

The student population at South Dakota State University is 11,327 (9,917 undergraduate and 1,410 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,198 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at South Dakota State is 87.55% which is decreased by 1,052 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 146 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,128 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 109.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,057 where 11,327 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,052 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 146 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in South Dakota State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,525	10,969	5,231	5,738	1,556	694	862
2014-15	12,543 18	10,937 -32	5,095 -136	5,842 104	1,606 50	744 50	862 0
2015-16	12,576 33	10,994 57	5,132 37	5,862 20	1,582 -24	720 -24	862 0
2016-17	12,600 24	10,946 -48	5,184 52	5,762 -100	1,654 72	720 0	934 72
2017-18	12,516 -84	10,885 -61	5,144 -40	5,741 -21	1,631 -23	715 -5	916 -18
2018-19	12,104 -412	10,544 -341	4,938 -206	5,606 -135	1,560 -71	657 -58	903 -13
2019-20	11,512 -592	10,067 -477	4,698 -240	5,369 -237	1,445 -115	603 -54	842 -61
2020-21	11,405 -107	9,976 -91	4,565 -133	5,411 42	1,429 -16	532 -71	897 55
2021-22	11,465 60	9,847 -129	4,447 -118	5,400 -11	1,618 189	603 71	1,015 118
2022-23	11,327 -138	9,917 70	4,407 -40	5,510 110	1,410 -208	544 -59	866 -149
Average	12,057	10,508	4,884	5,624	1,549	653	896

South Dakota State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,508 where 9,917 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 State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,969	8,646	4,383	4,263	2,323	848	1,475
2014-15	10,937	8,620	4,241	4,379	2,317	854	1,463
2015-16	10,994	8,559	4,222	4,337	2,435	910	1,525
2016-17	10,946	8,474	4,198	4,276	2,472	986	1,486
2017-18	10,885	8,425	4,227	4,198	2,460	917	1,543
2018-19	10,544	8,169	4,037	4,132	2,375	901	1,474
2019-20	10,067	7,971	3,921	4,050	2,096	777	1,319
2020-21	9,976	7,788	3,724	4,064	2,188	841	1,347
2021-22	9,847	7,558	3,559	3,999	2,289	888	1,401
2022-23	9,917	7,607	3,569	4,038	2,310	838	1,472
Average	10,508	10,508	4,008	4,174	10,508	876	1,451

South Dakota State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,549 where 1,410 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 State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,556	500	234	266	1,056	460	596
2014-15	1,606	529	248	281	1,077	496	581
2015-16	1,582	531	243	288	1,051	477	574
2016-17	1,654	527	249	278	1,127	471	656
2017-18	1,631	548	265	283	1,083	450	633
2018-19	1,560	558	270	288	1,002	387	615
2019-20	1,445	503	221	282	942	382	560
2020-21	1,429	513	218	295	916	314	602
2021-22	1,618	532	241	291	1,086	362	724
2022-23	1,410	548	235	313	862	309	553
Average	1,549	1,549	242	287	1,549	411	609

South Dakota State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.32%. The percentage was 86.82% 10 years ago and South Dakota State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.60% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Dakota 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	127	142	215	226	24	10,874	229
2014-15	127	140	255	241	13	10,780	229
2015-16	127	137	248	252	10	10,691	237
2016-17	120	134	247	252	11	10,556	267
2017-18	133	141	252	294	7	10,462	265
2018-19	132	141	253	314	9	10,118	263
2019-20	131	137	213	283	4	9,667	267
2020-21	123	140	218	298	5	9,663	249
2021-22	130	134	207	294	5	9,677	235
2022-23	146	152	181	307	6	9,438	242
Average	130	140	229	276	9	10,193	248

South Dakota State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,128 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 109.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Dakota State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,543	1,016	2,500	9,027
2015-16	12,576	1,298	2,804	8,474
2016-17	12,600	1,472	2,845	8,283
2017-18	12,516	1,576	3,026	7,914
2018-19	12,104	1,570	2,992	7,542
2019-20	11,512	1,535	2,823	7,154
2020-21	11,405	2,028	6,659	2,718
2021-22	11,465	2,166	3,503	5,796
2022-23	11,327	2,128	3,550	5,649
Average	12,005	1,643	3,411	6,951

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