Student Population at South Dakota State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
11,327	9,917	1,410

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 11,327 students have enrolled in South Dakota State University with 9,917 undergraduate and 1,410 graduate students.

By gender, 4,951 male and 6,376 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,128 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,550 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

South Dakota State University has a total of 11,327 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,917 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,410 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,951 male and 6,376 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,327	9,917	1,410
Men	4,951	4,407	544
Women	6,376	5,510	866

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,438 White, 181 Black, and 152 Asian students out of a total of 11,327 are attending at South Dakota State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	146	46	100
Asian	152	55	97
Black	181	105	76
Hispanic	307	136	171
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	4	2
White	9,438	4,049	5,389
Two or more races	242	103	139
Race Unknown	234	98	136

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	122	39	83
Asian	123	44	79
Black	162	95	67
Hispanic	283	126	157
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	4	1
White	8,524	3,770	4,754
Two or more races	224	93	131
Race Unknown	216	92	124

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	6	0	6
Black	10	5	5
Hispanic	25	8	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	323	137	186
Two or more races	10	2	8
Race Unknown	24	10	14

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At South Dakota State University, 2,128 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,550 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,767 students lived in South Dakota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 361 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	11,327	2,128	3,550
Undergraduate	9,917	1,722	3,333
Graduate	1,410	406	217

Online Student Population by Locality
	South Dakota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,767	352	9
Undergraduate	1,498	219	5
Graduate	269	133	4

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,917 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 414 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.17%.315 students have transferred in as full-time status and 99 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,292
Transfer-in Full-time	315
Regular Part-time	2,211
Transfer-in Part-time	99