Enrollment Trends at DSU

The student population at Dickinson State University is 1,473 (1,411 undergraduate and 62 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 364 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at DSU is 95.79% which is decreased by 426 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 62 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

376 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 16.41% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,451 where 1,473 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 426 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 62 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in DSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dickinson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,837	1,837	725	1,112	0	0	0
2013-14	1,449 -388	1,449 -388	571 -154	878 -234	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	1,479 30	1,475 26	589 18	886 8	4 4	2 2	2 2
2015-16	1,317 -162	1,310 -165	526 -63	784 -102	7 3	2 0	5 3
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
Average	1,451	1,427	577	851	24	12	12

Dickinson State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,427 where 1,411 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dickinson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,837	1,218	511	707	619	214	405
2013-14	1,449	1,018	427	591	431	144	287
2014-15	1,475	980	430	550	495	159	336
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
Average	1,427	1,427	424	548	1,427	153	302

Dickinson State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 24 where 62 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dickinson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	4	0	0	0	4	2	2
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
Average	24	24	1	2	24	11	10

Dickinson State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.61%. The percentage was 76.16% 10 years ago and DSU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.92% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dickinson State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	36	13	42	77	3	1,399	26
2013-14	15	9	53	71	4	1,108	27
2014-15	14	9	60	66	4	1,167	38
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
Average	17	11	53	81	4	1,120	42

Dickinson State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

376 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 16.41% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dickinson State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,479	323	233	923
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
Average	1,409	315	351	743

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