Black Hills State University Student Population and Demographics

BHSU Student Population

There are 3,346 students including 3,198 undergraduate and 148 graduate students at Black Hills State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,591 full-time and 1,755 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,247 male and 2,099 female students.

Black Hills State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,315 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Black Hills State University has a total enrollment of 3,346 with a gender distribution of 37.27% male (1,247 students) and 62.73% female (2,099 students). There are 1,200 male and 1,998 female students in undergraduate school and 47 male and 101 female students are attending graduate school at Black Hills State University.

Student Population By Gender
Black Hills State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,346	1,247	2,099
Undergraduate	3,198	1,200	1,998
Graduate	148	47	101
Full-time	1,591	535	1,056
Part-time	1,755	712	1,043

[Chart] Black Hills State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Black Hills State University has 1,591 full-time and 1,755 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,577 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,621 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 14 students are full-time and 134 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Black Hills State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,346	1,591	1,755
Undergraduate	3,198	1,577	1,621
Graduate	148	14	134
Men	1,247	535	712
Women	2,099	1,056	1,043

[Chart] Black Hills State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Black Hills State University, 1,315 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,135 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,346 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,381 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 69 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Black Hills State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,346	3,198	148
Online Exclusively	1,315	1,260	55
In Some Online Classes	1,135	1,121	14
Not In Online Classes	896	817	79

[Chart] Black Hills State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Black Hills State University. There are 90 American Indian/Native American, 2,335 White, 62 Black/African American, 29 Asian, 156 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 216 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Black Hills State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,346	1,247	2,099
American Indian/Native American	90	33	57
Asian	29	11	18
Black/African American	62	38	24
Hispanic	156	58	98
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	3	0
White	2,335	861	1,474
Two More	79	30	49
Race Un-Known	539	186	353

[Chart] Black Hills State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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