Southwest Minnesota State University Student Population and Demographics

Southwest Minnesota State Student Population

There are 8,214 students including 7,735 undergraduate and 479 graduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,044 full-time and 6,170 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,142 male and 5,072 female students.

Southwest Minnesota State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,293 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Southwest Minnesota State University has a total enrollment of 8,214 with a gender distribution of 38.25% male (3,142 students) and 61.75% female (5,072 students). There are 2,992 male and 4,743 female students in undergraduate school and 150 male and 329 female students are attending graduate school at Southwest Minnesota State University.

Student Population By Gender
Southwest Minnesota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,214	3,142	5,072
Undergraduate	7,735	2,992	4,743
Graduate	479	150	329
Full-time	2,044	737	1,307
Part-time	6,170	2,405	3,765

[Chart] Southwest Minnesota State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Southwest Minnesota State University has 2,044 full-time and 6,170 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,773 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,962 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 271 students are full-time and 208 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Southwest Minnesota State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,214	2,044	6,170
Undergraduate	7,735	1,773	5,962
Graduate	479	271	208
Men	3,142	737	2,405
Women	5,072	1,307	3,765

[Chart] Southwest Minnesota State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Southwest Minnesota State University, 1,293 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 730 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,214 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,743 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 280 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Southwest Minnesota State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,214	7,735	479
Online Exclusively	1,293	1,050	243
In Some Online Classes	730	693	37
Not In Online Classes	6,191	5,992	199

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Southwest Minnesota State University. There are 20 American Indian/Native American, 6,262 White, 289 Black/African American, 159 Asian, 489 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 351 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Southwest Minnesota State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,214	3,142	5,072
American Indian/Native American	20	9	11
Asian	159	60	99
Black/African American	289	140	149
Hispanic	489	174	315
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	6,262	2,309	3,953
Two More	272	102	170
Race Un-Known	555	249	306

[Chart] Southwest Minnesota State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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