Enrollment Trends at U of Sioux Falls

The student population at University of Sioux Falls is 1,594 (1,325 undergraduate and 269 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 186 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Sioux Falls is 83.12% which is increased by 225 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 39 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

180 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 116.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,543 where 1,594 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 225 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 39 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Sioux Falls than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Sioux Falls since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,408	1,100	448	652	308	121	187
2014-15	1,419 11	1,108 8	433 -15	675 23	311 3	118 -3	193 6
2015-16	1,482 63	1,224 116	499 66	725 50	258 -53	93 -25	165 -28
2016-17	1,530 48	1,257 33	502 3	755 30	273 15	109 16	164 -1
2017-18	1,453 -77	1,215 -42	454 -48	761 6	238 -35	113 4	125 -39
2018-19	1,615 162	1,319 104	497 43	822 61	296 58	125 12	171 46
2019-20	1,675 60	1,390 71	512 15	878 56	285 -11	124 -1	161 -10
2020-21	1,628 -47	1,354 -36	488 -24	866 -12	274 -11	103 -21	171 10
2021-22	1,625 -3	1,337 -17	483 -5	854 -12	288 14	116 13	172 1
2022-23	1,594 -31	1,325 -12	504 21	821 -33	269 -19	112 -4	157 -15
Average	1,543	1,263	482	781	280	113	167

University of Sioux Falls Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,263 where 1,325 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 University of Sioux Falls since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,100	929	378	551	171	70	101
2014-15	1,108	901	351	550	207	82	125
2015-16	1,224	1,007	403	604	217	96	121
2016-17	1,257	1,033	400	633	224	102	122
2017-18	1,215	1,036	376	660	179	78	101
2018-19	1,319	1,137	420	717	182	77	105
2019-20	1,390	1,206	436	770	184	76	108
2020-21	1,354	1,182	432	750	172	56	116
2021-22	1,337	1,183	426	757	154	57	97
2022-23	1,325	1,172	434	738	153	70	83
Average	1,263	1,263	406	673	1,263	76	108

University of Sioux Falls Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 280 where 269 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 University of Sioux Falls since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	308	9	6	3	299	115	184
2014-15	311	14	8	6	297	110	187
2015-16	258	15	9	6	243	84	159
2016-17	273	19	5	14	254	104	150
2017-18	238	25	11	14	213	102	111
2018-19	296	21	12	9	275	113	162
2019-20	285	40	25	15	245	99	146
2020-21	274	40	18	22	234	85	149
2021-22	288	63	39	24	225	77	148
2022-23	269	67	36	31	202	76	126
Average	280	280	17	14	280	97	152

University of Sioux Falls Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.61%. The percentage was 89.13% 10 years ago and U of Sioux Falls still has a high percentage of white students. 1.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.27% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Sioux Falls 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	5	9	45	32	2	1,255	37
2014-15	4	8	46	17	2	1,272	48
2015-16	6	12	49	10	2	1,340	41
2016-17	8	15	61	6	3	1,337	52
2017-18	8	18	60	12	1	1,240	56
2018-19	3	25	79	28	2	1,354	78
2019-20	8	17	73	33	3	1,408	93
2020-21	9	18	69	37	1	1,359	94
2021-22	8	16	71	46	1	1,312	123
2022-23	10	21	84	56	2	1,269	121
Average	7	16	64	28	2	1,315	74

University of Sioux Falls Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

180 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 116.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Sioux Falls from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,419	83	195	1,141
2015-16	1,482	84	295	1,103
2016-17	1,530	95	407	1,028
2017-18	1,453	93	474	886
2018-19	1,615	142	525	948
2019-20	1,675	198	581	896
2020-21	1,628	170	730	728
2021-22	1,625	155	710	760
2022-23	1,594	180	856	558
Average	1,558	133	530	894

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