Enrollment Trends at DSU

The student population at Dickinson State University is 1,410 (1,339 undergraduate and 71 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 93 (7.06%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DSU is 94.96% which is increased by 29 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 64 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
371 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 36.40% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,406 where 1,410 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,473 students in 2023 and was lowest at 1,317 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,317 to 1,410 students, a net gain of 93 (7.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,317	1,310	526	784	7	2	5
2016-17	1,386 69	1,381 71	566 40	815 31	5 -2	1 -1	4 -1
2017-18	1,425 39	1,425 44	557 -9	868 53	0 -5	0 -1	0 -4
2018-19	1,392 -33	1,375 -50	548 -9	827 -41	17 17	7 7	10 10
2019-20	1,350 -42	1,321 -54	502 -46	819 -8	29 12	11 4	18 8
2020-21	1,441 91	1,381 60	553 51	828 9	60 31	35 24	25 7
2021-22	1,415 -26	1,337 -44	577 24	760 -68	78 18	41 6	37 12
2022-23	1,473 58	1,411 74	629 52	782 22	62 -16	35 -6	27 -10
2023-24	1,453 -20	1,392 -19	583 -46	809 27	61 -1	32 -3	29 2
2024-25	1,410 -43	1,339 -53	559 -24	780 -29	71 10	44 12	27 -2
Average	1,406	1,367	560	807	39	21	18

Dickinson State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,367 where 1,339 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 Dickinson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,310	896	395	501	414	131	283
2016-17	1,381	912	406	506	469	160	309
2017-18	1,425	922	402	520	503	155	348
2018-19	1,375	900	383	517	475	165	310
2019-20	1,321	922	390	532	399	112	287
2020-21	1,381	966	407	559	415	146	269
2021-22	1,337	988	454	534	349	123	226
2022-23	1,411	972	456	516	439	173	266
2023-24	1,392	949	434	515	443	149	294
2024-25	1,339	911	427	484	428	132	296
Average	1,367	1,367	415	518	1,367	145	289

Dickinson State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 39 where 71 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 Dickinson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7	0	0	0	7	2	5
2016-17	5	0	0	0	5	1	4
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	17	2	1	1	15	6	9
2019-20	29	7	1	6	22	10	12
2020-21	60	1	0	1	59	35	24
2021-22	78	2	0	2	76	41	35
2022-23	62	13	6	7	49	29	20
2023-24	61	11	6	5	50	26	24
2024-25	71	11	7	4	60	37	23
Average	39	39	2	3	39	19	16

Dickinson State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.68%. The percentage was 77.07% 10 years ago and DSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.07% to 74.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.76% to 1.56%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.25% to 2.84%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.47% to 5.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4340 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4003 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	13	10	56	72	5	1,015	36
2016-17	14	8	56	81	7	1,070	40
2017-18	13	11	59	76	5	1,102	40
2018-19	12	10	52	81	2	1,101	41
2019-20	18	14	49	84	4	1,050	47
2020-21	17	15	56	92	4	1,130	46
2021-22	19	13	53	96	5	1,075	51
2022-23	20	13	43	98	3	1,099	69
2023-24	17	17	34	101	8	1,077	56
2024-25	21	22	40	77	8	1,053	89
Average	16	13	50	86	5	1,077	52

Dickinson State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

371 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 36.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dickinson State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,317	272	273	772
2016-17	1,386	304	304	778
2017-18	1,425	320	262	843
2018-19	1,392	313	253	826
2019-20	1,350	269	296	785
2020-21	1,441	324	436	681
2021-22	1,415	330	536	549
2022-23	1,473	376	567	530
2023-24	1,453	389	521	543
2024-25	1,410	371	597	442
Average	1,406	327	405	675

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Enrollment Trends at DSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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