Dakota State University Student Population and Demographics

Dakota State Student Population

There are 3,241 students including 2,757 undergraduate and 484 graduate students at Dakota State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 1,490 full-time and 1,751 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,085 male and 1,156 female students. Dakota State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,773 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Dakota State University has a total enrollment of 3,241 with a gender distribution of 64.33% male (2,085 students) and 35.67% female (1,156 students). There are 1,722 male and 1,035 female students in undergraduate school and 363 male and 121 female students are attending graduate school at Dakota State University.

Student Population By Gender
Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,241	2,085	1,156
Undergraduate	2,757	1,722	1,035
Graduate	484	363	121
Full-time	1,490	1,066	424
Part-time	1,751	1,019	732

[Chart] Dakota State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Dakota State University has 1,490 full-time and 1,751 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,396 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,361 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 94 students are full-time and 390 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Dakota State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,241	1,490	1,751
Undergraduate	2,757	1,396	1,361
Graduate	484	94	390
Men	2,085	1,066	1,019
Women	1,156	424	732

[Chart] Dakota State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Dakota State University, 1,773 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 709 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,241 students. In undergraduate schools, 2,032 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 450 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Dakota State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,241	2,757	484
Online Exclusively	1,773	1,378	395
In Some Online Classes	709	654	55
Not In Online Classes	759	725	34

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Dakota State University. There are 37 American Indian/Native American, 2,493 White, 133 Black/African American, 94 Asian, 153 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 109 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,241	2,085	1,156
American Indian/Native American	37	26	11
Asian	94	64	30
Black/African American	133	100	33
Hispanic	153	113	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	14	2
White	2,493	1,555	938
Two More	87	56	31
Race Un-Known	68	53	15

[Chart] Dakota State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Dakota State University.

Age Distribution
Dakota State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,241	2,757	484
Under 18	258	258	0
Age 18-19	724	724	0
Age 20-21	827	816	11
Age 22-24	503	433	70
Age 25-29	283	199	84
Age 30-34	216	127	89
Age 35-39	151	92	59
Age 40-49	214	84	130
Age 50-64	60	20	40
Over 64	5	4	1
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Dakota State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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