A total of 51,460 students are enrolled in South Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

By gender, there are 22,922 men students and 28,538 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.80 to 1.

In 4-year colleges, 56.08% of total enrollment is women students and 43.92% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 50.10%.

For South Dakota colleges with more than 1,000 students, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the highest ratio of men students (75.76%) and Oglala Lakota College has the highest ratio of women students (70.86%).

Student Population by Gender and School Level for South Dakota Colleges

By gender, 44.54% of total students is men students (22,922) and 55.46% is women students (28,538) in South Dakota collegs.

In 17 4-year South Dakota colleges in United States, there are 19,318 men students which is 43.92% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Dakota colleges is 56.08% (24,668).

Of the 7,211 students attending South Dakota community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 49.90% are men (3,613) and 50.10% are women students (3,613).

In South Dakota trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 6 men and 257 women students, accounting for 2.28% and 97.72% of total students.

Summary Table of Student Population by Gender and School Level for South Dakota Colleges
School LevelTotalMenWomen
All Levels51,460 22,922
(44.54%)
28,538
(55.46%)
4-year Colleges43,986 19,318
(43.92%)
24,668
(56.08%)
Community Colleges7,211 3,598
(49.90%)
3,613
(50.10%)
Trade Schools263 6
(2.28%)
257
(97.72%)

Student Population Comparison By Gender for All South Dakota Colleges

The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Dakota colleges. A total of 51,460 students have enrolled in South Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population Comparison by Gender between South Dakota Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
Augustana UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,086755
(36.2%)
1,331
(63.8%)
1,831 696
(38.0%)
1,135
(62.0%)
255 59
(23.1%)
196
(76.9%)
The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year621
(1.6%)
61
(98.4%)
62 1
(1.6%)
61
(98.4%)
- - -
Black Hills State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,4251,252
(36.6%)
2,173
(63.4%)
3,261 1,193
(36.6%)
2,068
(63.4%)
164 59
(36.0%)
105
(64.0%)
Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,2412,085
(64.3%)
1,156
(35.7%)
2,757 1,722
(62.5%)
1,035
(37.5%)
484 363
(75.0%)
121
(25.0%)
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year887412
(46.4%)
475
(53.6%)
723 339
(46.9%)
384
(53.1%)
164 73
(44.5%)
91
(55.5%)
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-year764
(5.3%)
72
(94.7%)
76 4
(5.3%)
72
(94.7%)
- - -
Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,2381,122
(50.1%)
1,116
(49.9%)
2,238 1,122
(50.1%)
1,116
(49.9%)
- - -
Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year233
(13.0%)
20
(87.0%)
23 3
(13.0%)
20
(87.0%)
- - -
Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,203782
(65.0%)
421
(35.0%)
1,203 782
(65.0%)
421
(35.0%)
- - -
Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,252584
(46.6%)
668
(53.4%)
1,080 523
(48.4%)
557
(51.6%)
172 61
(35.5%)
111
(64.5%)
National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, 4-year1,151544
(47.3%)
607
(52.7%)
929 431
(46.4%)
498
(53.6%)
222 113
(50.9%)
109
(49.1%)
Kairos UniversityPrivate, 4-year917545
(59.4%)
372
(40.6%)
38 19
(50.0%)
19
(50.0%)
879 526
(59.8%)
353
(40.2%)
Northern State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,3441,228
(36.7%)
2,116
(63.3%)
2,851 1,113
(39.0%)
1,738
(61.0%)
493 115
(23.3%)
378
(76.7%)
Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, 4-year1,177343
(29.1%)
834
(70.9%)
1,147 336
(29.3%)
811
(70.7%)
30 7
(23.3%)
23
(76.7%)
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, 4-year2,4921,888
(75.8%)
604
(24.2%)
2,163 1,647
(76.1%)
516
(23.9%)
329 241
(73.3%)
88
(26.7%)
South Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year11,3274,951
(43.7%)
6,376
(56.3%)
9,917 4,407
(44.4%)
5,510
(55.6%)
1,410 544
(38.6%)
866
(61.4%)
Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, 4-year544130
(23.9%)
414
(76.1%)
482 115
(23.9%)
367
(76.1%)
62 15
(24.2%)
47
(75.8%)
University of Sioux FallsPrivate, 4-year1,594616
(38.6%)
978
(61.4%)
1,325 504
(38.0%)
821
(62.0%)
269 112
(41.6%)
157
(58.4%)
Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 year274
(14.8%)
23
(85.2%)
27 4
(14.8%)
23
(85.2%)
- - -
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, 4-year18774
(39.6%)
113
(60.4%)
187 74
(39.6%)
113
(60.4%)
- - -
Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,4531,136
(46.3%)
1,317
(53.7%)
2,453 1,136
(46.3%)
1,317
(53.7%)
- - -
Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year1251
(0.8%)
124
(99.2%)
125 1
(0.8%)
124
(99.2%)
- - -
University of South DakotaPublic, 4-year9,8563,641
(36.9%)
6,215
(63.1%)
7,132 2,570
(36.0%)
4,562
(64.0%)
2,724 1,071
(39.3%)
1,653
(60.7%)
Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,267551
(43.5%)
716
(56.5%)
1,267 551
(43.5%)
716
(56.5%)
- - -
California Intercontinental UniversityPrivate, 4-year506270
(53.4%)
236
(46.6%)
155 84
(54.2%)
71
(45.8%)
351 186
(53.0%)
165
(47.0%)
Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, 4-year-- - - - -- - -