How Student Population Changes at Dakota State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,202 where 3,241 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 115 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 246 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Dakota State than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dakota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,110	2,872	1,419	1,453	238	166	72
2013-14	3,129 19	2,876 4	1,485 66	1,391 -62	253 15	176 10	77 5
2014-15	3,047 -82	2,736 -140	1,466 -19	1,270 -121	311 58	217 41	94 17
2015-16	3,145 98	2,820 84	1,558 92	1,262 -8	325 14	238 21	87 -7
2016-17	3,190 45	2,844 24	1,581 23	1,263 1	346 21	254 16	92 5
2017-18	3,307 117	2,962 118	1,730 149	1,232 -31	345 -1	252 -2	93 1
2018-19	3,382 75	2,993 31	1,769 39	1,224 -8	389 44	273 21	116 23
2019-20	3,268 -114	2,818 -175	1,745 -24	1,073 -151	450 61	327 54	123 7
2020-21	3,186 -82	2,740 -78	1,706 -39	1,034 -39	446 -4	341 14	105 -18
2021-22	3,219 33	2,751 11	1,675 -31	1,076 42	468 22	350 9	118 13
2022-23	3,241 22	2,757 6	1,722 47	1,035 -41	484 16	363 13	121 3
Average	3,202	2,834	1,623	1,210	369	269	100

Student Population Changes of Dakota State University

Dakota State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,834 where 2,757 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dakota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,872	1,190	741	449	1,682	678	1,004
2013-14	2,876	1,190	770	420	1,686	715	971
2014-15	2,736	1,154	755	399	1,582	711	871
2015-16	2,820	1,251	812	439	1,569	746	823
2016-17	2,844	1,293	850	443	1,551	731	820
2017-18	2,962	1,397	938	459	1,565	792	773
2018-19	2,993	1,448	996	452	1,545	773	772
2019-20	2,818	1,503	1,062	441	1,315	683	632
2020-21	2,740	1,495	1,054	441	1,245	652	593
2021-22	2,751	1,424	1,005	419	1,327	670	657
2022-23	2,757	1,396	995	401	1,361	727	634
Average	2,834	2,834	907	433	2,834	716	777

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Dakota State University

Dakota State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 369 where 484 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dakota State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	238	40	35	5	198	131	67
2013-14	253	54	41	13	199	135	64
2014-15	311	87	71	16	224	146	78
2015-16	325	85	66	19	240	172	68
2016-17	346	70	59	11	276	195	81
2017-18	345	72	60	12	273	192	81
2018-19	389	69	53	16	320	220	100
2019-20	450	80	65	15	370	262	108
2020-21	446	76	65	11	370	276	94
2021-22	468	90	70	20	378	280	98
2022-23	484	94	71	23	390	292	98
Average	369	369	60	15	369	209	85

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Dakota State University

Dakota State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.92%. The percentage was 84.37% 10 years ago and Dakota State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.10% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dakota State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	37	32	59	88	7	2,624	82
2013-14	30	54	99	97	7	2,606	84
2014-15	25	61	144	115	6	2,444	75
2015-16	27	66	128	118	4	2,565	83
2016-17	28	70	157	127	4	2,552	102
2017-18	26	74	151	120	2	2,670	110
2018-19	30	88	143	145	6	2,713	111
2019-20	42	81	131	127	8	2,592	120
2020-21	29	82	108	129	11	2,534	98
2021-22	21	88	126	135	15	2,541	98
2022-23	37	94	133	153	16	2,493	87
Average	30	72	125	123	8	2,576	95

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Dakota State University

Dakota State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,773 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 55% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dakota State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,047	1,038	481	1,528
2015-16	3,145	1,221	581	1,343
2016-17	3,190	1,360	522	1,308
2017-18	3,307	1,433	540	1,334
2018-19	3,382	1,577	614	1,191
2019-20	3,268	1,704	502	1,062
2020-21	3,186	1,756	684	746
2021-22	3,219	1,775	647	797
2022-23	3,241	1,773	709	759
Average	3,221	1,515	587	1,119

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Dakota State University

Enrollment Trends at Dakota State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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