Total 51,645 Students Enrolled in South Dakota Colleges

Total	4-Years Colleges	Community Colleges	Trade Schools
51,645	44,156	7,226	263

A total of 51,645 students are enrolled in South Dakota colleges including 4-years colleges, community colleges, and trade schools. There are 43,973 undergraduate and 7,672 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 85.14% and the proportion of graduate students is 14.86%.

By school level, 44,156 students enrolled in 4-years colleges, 7,226 students enrolled in community colleges, and 263 students enrolled in trade schools.

For South Dakota colleges, South Dakota State University has the most number of students of 11,327 among 4-years colleges. For South Dakota community colleges, Southeast Technical College has the most students of 2,453 and Stewart School is the largest trade school with 125.

Student Population By School Level for South Dakota Colleges

By attending status, there are 30,840 full-time students and 20,805 part-time students at South Dakota colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between South Dakota colleges. A total of 51,645 students have enrolled in South Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between South Dakota Colleges
School	Total Enrollment	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total Enrollment	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Augustana UniversityPrivate, four-years	2,086	1,831	1,742	89	255	82	173
The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-years	62	62	57	5	-	-	-
Black Hills State UniversityPublic, four-years	3,425	3,261	1,602	1,659	164	17	147
Dakota State UniversityPublic, four-years	3,241	2,757	1,396	1,361	484	94	390
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, four-years	887	723	580	143	164	78	86
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-years	76	76	65	11	-	-	-
Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 years	2,238	2,238	1,526	712	-	-	-
Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 years	23	23	23	-	-	-	-
Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,203	1,203	861	342	-	-	-
Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,252	1,080	617	463	172	148	24
National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, four-years	1,151	929	98	831	222	95	127
Kairos UniversityPrivate, four-years	917	38	11	27	879	141	738
Northern State UniversityPublic, four-years	3,344	2,851	1,057	1,794	493	59	434
Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, four-years	1,177	1,147	486	661	30	-	30
Presentation CollegePrivate, four-years	615	600	393	207	15	7	8
Avera Sacred Heart HospitalPrivate, 2-4 years	15	15	15	-	-	-	-
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, four-years	2,492	2,163	1,727	436	329	193	136
South Dakota State UniversityPublic, four-years	11,327	9,917	7,607	2,310	1,410	548	862
Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, four-years	544	482	156	326	62	30	32
University of Sioux FallsPrivate, four-years	1,594	1,325	1,172	153	269	67	202
Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 years	27	27	27	-	-	-	-
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, four-years	187	187	105	82	-	-	-
Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 years	2,453	2,453	1,285	1,168	-	-	-
Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-years	125	125	125	-	-	-	-
University of South DakotaPublic, four-years	9,856	7,132	4,544	2,588	2,724	1,465	1,259
Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,267	1,267	533	734	-	-	-
National American University-EllsworthPrivate, four-years	61	61	6	55	-	-	-
Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, four-years	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - Ellsworth AFBPrivate, four-years	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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