South Dakota State University Student Population and Demographics

South Dakota State Student Population

There are 12,056 students including 10,719 undergraduate and 1,337 graduate students at South Dakota State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,653 full-time and 3,403 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,309 male and 6,747 female students.

South Dakota State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,300 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

South Dakota State University has a total enrollment of 12,056 with a gender distribution of 44.04% male (5,309 students) and 55.96% female (6,747 students). There are 4,748 male and 5,971 female students in undergraduate school and 561 male and 776 female students are attending graduate school at South Dakota State University.

Student Population By Gender
South Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,056	5,309	6,747
Undergraduate	10,719	4,748	5,971
Graduate	1,337	561	776
Full-time	8,653	4,006	4,647
Part-time	3,403	1,303	2,100

[Chart] South Dakota State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

South Dakota State University has 8,653 full-time and 3,403 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,133 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,586 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 520 students are full-time and 817 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
South Dakota State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,056	8,653	3,403
Undergraduate	10,719	8,133	2,586
Graduate	1,337	520	817
Men	5,309	4,006	1,303
Women	6,747	4,647	2,100

[Chart] South Dakota State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At South Dakota State University, 2,300 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,028 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 12,056 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,811 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 517 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
South Dakota State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,056	10,719	1,337
Online Exclusively	2,300	1,980	320
In Some Online Classes	4,028	3,831	197
Not In Online Classes	5,728	4,908	820

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at South Dakota State University. There are 136 American Indian/Native American, 9,749 White, 157 Black/African American, 158 Asian, 358 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 286 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
South Dakota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,056	5,309	6,747
American Indian/Native American	136	38	98
Asian	158	61	97
Black/African American	157	86	71
Hispanic	358	142	216
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	6	6
White	9,749	4,213	5,536
Two More	262	114	148
Race Un-Known	398	172	226

[Chart] South Dakota State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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