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

There are 43,452 undergraduate and 8,008 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.44% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.56%.

By school level, 43,986 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 7,211 students enrolled in community colleges, and 263 students enrolled in trade schools.

For South Dakota colleges, South Dakota State University has the most number of students of 11,327 among 4-year colleges. For South Dakota community colleges, Southeast Technical College has the most students of 2,453 and Stewart School is the largest trade school with 125.

Student Population By School Level for South Dakota Colleges

By attending status, there are 30,663 full-time students and 20,797 part-time students at South Dakota colleges.

The following table compares student population by 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 By School Level between South Dakota Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Augustana UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0861,8311,7428925582173
The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year6262575---
Black Hills State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,4253,2611,6021,65916417147
Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,2412,7571,3961,36148494390
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year8877235801431647886
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-year76766511---
Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,2382,2381,526712---
Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year232323----
Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,2031,203861342---
Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,2521,08061746317214824
National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, 4-year1,1519299883122295127
Kairos UniversityPrivate, 4-year917381127879141738
Northern State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,3442,8511,0571,79449359434
Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, 4-year1,1771,14748666130-30
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, 4-year2,4922,1631,727436329193136
South Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year11,3279,9177,6072,3101,410548862
Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, 4-year544482156326623032
University of Sioux FallsPrivate, 4-year1,5941,3251,17215326967202
Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 year272727----
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, 4-year18718710582---
Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,4532,4531,2851,168---
Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year125125125----
University of South DakotaPublic, 4-year9,8567,1324,5442,5882,7241,4651,259
Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,2671,267533734---
California Intercontinental UniversityPrivate, 4-year5061556149351238113
Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, 4-year-------