Enrollment Trends at USD

The student population at University of South Dakota is 9,856 (7,132 undergraduate and 2,724 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 379 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at USD is 72.36% which is decreased by 501 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 122 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,288 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,119.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,933 where 9,856 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 501 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 122 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in USD than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,235	7,633	2,822	4,811	2,602	1,125	1,477
2014-15	10,061 -174	7,541 -92	2,807 -15	4,734 -77	2,520 -82	1,103 -22	1,417 -60
2015-16	9,971 -90	7,435 -106	2,806 -1	4,629 -105	2,536 16	1,098 -5	1,438 21
2016-17	10,038 67	7,500 65	2,850 44	4,650 21	2,538 2	1,077 -21	1,461 23
2017-18	10,261 223	7,648 148	2,885 35	4,763 113	2,613 75	1,099 22	1,514 53
2018-19	10,066 -195	7,590 -58	2,808 -77	4,782 19	2,476 -137	1,064 -35	1,412 -102
2019-20	9,920 -146	7,475 -115	2,753 -55	4,722 -60	2,445 -31	1,013 -51	1,432 20
2020-21	9,459 -461	7,103 -372	2,502 -251	4,601 -121	2,356 -89	936 -77	1,420 -12
2021-22	9,464 5	6,987 -116	2,508 6	4,479 -122	2,477 121	921 -15	1,556 136
2022-23	9,856 392	7,132 145	2,570 62	4,562 83	2,724 247	1,071 150	1,653 97
Average	9,933	7,404	2,731	4,673	2,529	1,051	1,478

University of South Dakota Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,404 where 7,132 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 South Dakota since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,633	4,732	1,927	2,805	2,901	895	2,006
2014-15	7,541	4,876	1,940	2,936	2,665	867	1,798
2015-16	7,435	4,961	1,969	2,992	2,474	837	1,637
2016-17	7,500	4,943	1,986	2,957	2,557	864	1,693
2017-18	7,648	4,908	1,930	2,978	2,740	955	1,785
2018-19	7,590	4,969	1,889	3,080	2,621	919	1,702
2019-20	7,475	4,899	1,814	3,085	2,576	939	1,637
2020-21	7,103	4,741	1,752	2,989	2,362	750	1,612
2021-22	6,987	4,502	1,667	2,835	2,485	841	1,644
2022-23	7,132	4,544	1,633	2,911	2,588	937	1,651
Average	7,404	7,404	1,851	2,957	7,404	880	1,717

University of South Dakota Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,529 where 2,724 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 South Dakota since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,602	1,299	601	698	1,303	524	779
2014-15	2,520	1,260	565	695	1,260	538	722
2015-16	2,536	1,290	566	724	1,246	532	714
2016-17	2,538	1,310	571	739	1,228	506	722
2017-18	2,613	1,290	565	725	1,323	534	789
2018-19	2,476	1,283	572	711	1,193	492	701
2019-20	2,445	1,285	549	736	1,160	464	696
2020-21	2,356	1,324	559	765	1,032	377	655
2021-22	2,477	1,362	559	803	1,115	362	753
2022-23	2,724	1,465	665	800	1,259	406	853
Average	2,529	2,529	577	740	2,529	474	738

University of South Dakota Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.29%. The percentage was 85.39% 10 years ago and USD still has a high percentage of white students. 1.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of South Dakota 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	175	145	224	311	16	8,740	226
2014-15	168	151	227	232	51	8,644	232
2015-16	172	140	238	292	11	8,472	271
2016-17	197	144	290	324	9	8,390	287
2017-18	194	155	274	345	7	8,552	302
2018-19	168	143	305	386	12	8,319	342
2019-20	159	143	281	367	8	8,209	316
2020-21	146	141	255	337	5	7,793	331
2021-22	145	150	261	356	4	7,657	319
2022-23	161	130	271	389	8	7,815	301
Average	169	144	263	334	13	8,259	293

University of South Dakota Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,288 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,119.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of South Dakota from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,061	63	3,162	6,836
2015-16	9,971	2,993	1,726	5,252
2016-17	10,038	2,768	1,670	5,600
2017-18	10,261	3,087	1,677	5,497
2018-19	10,066	2,890	1,737	5,439
2019-20	9,920	2,904	2,035	4,981
2020-21	9,459	2,860	3,143	3,456
2021-22	9,464	3,109	2,189	4,166
2022-23	9,856	3,288	2,427	4,141
Average	9,900	2,662	2,196	5,041

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