A total of 54,497 students are enrolled in South Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 24,531 men students and 29,966 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.82 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 55.39% of total enrollment is women students and 44.61% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 50.83%.
For South Dakota colleges with more than 1,000 students, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the highest ratio of men students (76.13%) and Oglala Lakota College has the highest ratio of women students (69.78%).
By gender, 45.01% of total students is men students (24,531) and 54.99% is women students (29,966) in South Dakota collegs.
In 17 4-year South Dakota colleges in United States, there are 20,900 men students which is 44.61% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Dakota colleges is 55.39% (25,946).
Of the 7,372 students attending South Dakota community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 49.17% are men (3,747) and 50.83% are women students (3,747).
In South Dakota trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 6 men and 273 women students, accounting for 2.15% and 97.85% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 54,497 | 24,531 (45.01%) |
29,966 (54.99%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 46,846 | 20,900 (44.61%) |
25,946 (55.39%) |
| Community Colleges | 7,372 | 3,625 (49.17%) |
3,747 (50.83%) |
| Trade Schools | 279 | 6 (2.15%) |
273 (97.85%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Dakota colleges. A total of 54,497 students have enrolled in South Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Augustana UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,390 | 937 (39.2%) |
1,453 (60.8%) |
2,003 | 790 (39.4%) |
1,213 (60.6%) | 387 | 147 (38.0%) |
240 (62.0%) |
| The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 80 | - | 80 (100.0%) |
80 | - | 80 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Black Hills State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,346 | 1,247 (37.3%) |
2,099 (62.7%) |
3,198 | 1,200 (37.5%) |
1,998 (62.5%) | 148 | 47 (31.8%) |
101 (68.2%) |
| Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,774 | 2,292 (60.7%) |
1,482 (39.3%) |
3,066 | 1,801 (58.7%) |
1,265 (41.3%) | 708 | 491 (69.4%) |
217 (30.6%) |
| Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 892 | 426 (47.8%) |
466 (52.2%) |
771 | 362 (47.0%) |
409 (53.0%) | 121 | 64 (52.9%) |
57 (47.1%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-year | 66 | 5 (7.6%) |
61 (92.4%) |
66 | 5 (7.6%) |
61 (92.4%) | - | - | - |
| Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,312 | 1,185 (51.3%) |
1,127 (48.7%) |
2,312 | 1,185 (51.3%) |
1,127 (48.7%) | - | - | - |
| Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 23 | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,186 | 798 (67.3%) |
388 (32.7%) |
1,186 | 798 (67.3%) |
388 (32.7%) | - | - | - |
| Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,284 | 638 (49.7%) |
646 (50.3%) |
1,022 | 556 (54.4%) |
466 (45.6%) | 262 | 82 (31.3%) |
180 (68.7%) |
| National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, 4-year | 903 | 487 (53.9%) |
416 (46.1%) |
767 | 422 (55.0%) |
345 (45.0%) | 136 | 65 (47.8%) |
71 (52.2%) |
| Kairos UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,239 | 788 (63.6%) |
451 (36.4%) |
82 | 48 (58.5%) |
34 (41.5%) | 1,157 | 740 (64.0%) |
417 (36.0%) |
| Northern State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,708 | 1,425 (38.4%) |
2,283 (61.6%) |
3,169 | 1,267 (40.0%) |
1,902 (60.0%) | 539 | 158 (29.3%) |
381 (70.7%) |
| Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,188 | 359 (30.2%) |
829 (69.8%) |
1,139 | 342 (30.0%) |
797 (70.0%) | 49 | 17 (34.7%) |
32 (65.3%) |
| South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 2,576 | 1,961 (76.1%) |
615 (23.9%) |
2,216 | 1,714 (77.3%) |
502 (22.7%) | 360 | 247 (68.6%) |
113 (31.4%) |
| South Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 12,056 | 5,309 (44.0%) |
6,747 (56.0%) |
10,719 | 4,748 (44.3%) |
5,971 (55.7%) | 1,337 | 561 (42.0%) |
776 (58.0%) |
| Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, 4-year | 592 | 147 (24.8%) |
445 (75.2%) |
515 | 130 (25.2%) |
385 (74.8%) | 77 | 17 (22.1%) |
60 (77.9%) |
| University of Sioux FallsPrivate, 4-year | 1,450 | 595 (41.0%) |
855 (59.0%) |
1,241 | 479 (38.6%) |
762 (61.4%) | 209 | 116 (55.5%) |
93 (44.5%) |
| Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 year | 28 | 6 (21.4%) |
22 (78.6%) |
28 | 6 (21.4%) |
22 (78.6%) | - | - | - |
| Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, 4-year | 206 | 80 (38.8%) |
126 (61.2%) |
206 | 80 (38.8%) |
126 (61.2%) | - | - | - |
| Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,659 | 1,119 (42.1%) |
1,540 (57.9%) |
2,659 | 1,119 (42.1%) |
1,540 (57.9%) | - | - | - |
| Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 133 | 1 (0.8%) |
132 (99.2%) |
133 | 1 (0.8%) |
132 (99.2%) | - | - | - |
| University of South DakotaPublic, 4-year | 10,619 | 3,880 (36.5%) |
6,739 (63.5%) |
7,619 | 2,694 (35.4%) |
4,925 (64.6%) | 3,000 | 1,186 (39.5%) |
1,814 (60.5%) |
| Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,164 | 514 (44.2%) |
650 (55.8%) |
1,164 | 514 (44.2%) |
650 (55.8%) | - | - | - |
| California Intercontinental UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 623 | 329 (52.8%) |
294 (47.2%) |
151 | 71 (47.0%) |
80 (53.0%) | 472 | 258 (54.7%) |
214 (45.3%) |
| Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |