Enrollment Trends at BHSU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,810 where 3,346 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

95.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 698 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 351 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BHSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Black Hills State University since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,558 where 3,198 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Black Hills State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 252 where 148 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Black Hills State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 69.78%. The percentage was 82.03% 10 years ago and BHSU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.03% to 69.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.64% to 0.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.48% to 1.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.28% to 4.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5091 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3227 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Black Hills State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,315 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.25% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Black Hills State University from 2015 to 2025.