Enrollment Statistics at South Dakota Colleges

Student Population at South Dakota Colleges

At South Dakota colleges, there are 54,474 students including 45,512 undergraduate and 8,962 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 32,625 full-time and 21,849 part-time students.By gender, 45.03% male and 54.97% female students enrolled in South Dakota colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
South Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	54,474	24,528	29,946
Undergraduate	45,512	20,332	25,180
Graduate	8,962	4,196	4,766
By Attending Status
Full-time	32,625	15,611	17,014
Part-time	21,849	8,917	12,932

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - South Dakota Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

South Dakota colleges have a total of 32,625 full-time students and 21,849 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 28,691 students are attending classes with full-time status and 16,821 are part-time students. In graduate school, 3,934 students are full-time and 5,028 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
South Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	54,474	32,625	21,849
Undergraduate	45,512	28,691	16,821
Graduate	8,962	3,934	5,028

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - South Dakota Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For South Dakota colleges, 16,785 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,108 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 54,474 students. In undergraduate schools, 25,634 students enrolled in online courses and 6,259 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
South Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	54,474	45,512	8,962
Online Exclusively	16,785	11,850	4,935
In Some Online Classes	15,108	13,784	1,324
Not In Online Classes	22,581	19,878	2,703

[Chart] South Dakota Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at South Dakota colleges. There are 40,282 Caucasian, 2,087 Black/African American, 884 Asian, and 2,355 Hispanic students in South Dakota colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
South Dakota Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	54,474	24,528	29,946
American Indian/Native American	2,749	869	1,880
Asian	884	424	460
Black/African American	2,087	1,158	929
Hispanic	2,355	1,113	1,242
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	101	52	49
White	40,282	17,774	22,508
Two More	1,406	649	757
Un-Known	1,907	900	1,007

[Chart] South Dakota Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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