Dakota State University Student Population and Demographics

Dakota State Student Population

There are 3,774 students including 3,066 undergraduate and 708 graduate students at Dakota State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,718 full-time and 2,056 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,292 male and 1,482 female students.

Dakota State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,271 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Dakota State University has a total enrollment of 3,774 with a gender distribution of 60.73% male (2,292 students) and 39.27% female (1,482 students). There are 1,801 male and 1,265 female students in undergraduate school and 491 male and 217 female students are attending graduate school at Dakota State University.

Student Population By Gender
Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,774	2,292	1,482
Undergraduate	3,066	1,801	1,265
Graduate	708	491	217
Full-time	1,718	1,142	576
Part-time	2,056	1,150	906

[Chart] Dakota State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Dakota State University has 1,718 full-time and 2,056 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,614 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,452 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 104 students are full-time and 604 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Dakota State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,774	1,718	2,056
Undergraduate	3,066	1,614	1,452
Graduate	708	104	604
Men	2,292	1,142	1,150
Women	1,482	576	906

[Chart] Dakota State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Dakota State University, 2,271 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 682 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,774 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,309 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 644 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Dakota State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,774	3,066	708
Online Exclusively	2,271	1,658	613
In Some Online Classes	682	651	31
Not In Online Classes	821	757	64

[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 62 American Indian/Native American, 2,772 White, 167 Black/African American, 112 Asian, 162 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 122 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,774	2,292	1,482
American Indian/Native American	62	34	28
Asian	112	79	33
Black/African American	167	128	39
Hispanic	162	113	49
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	5	1
White	2,772	1,610	1,162
Two More	102	57	45
Race Un-Known	112	65	47

[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	3,774	3,066	708
Under 18	371	371	0
Age 18-19	755	755	0
Age 20-21	827	809	18
Age 22-24	587	482	105
Age 25-29	336	214	122
Age 30-34	278	163	115
Age 35-39	206	110	96
Age 40-49	302	132	170
Age 50-64	105	29	76
Over 64	7	1	6
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Dakota State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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