Enrollment Trends at National American University-Rapid City

The student population at National American University-Rapid City is 903 (767 undergraduate and 136 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 395 (30.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at National American University-Rapid City is 84.94% which is decreased by 531 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 136 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 117 male students for every 100 female students, up from 32 in 2015.
903 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -12.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,313 where 903 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,665 students in 2019 and was lowest at 903 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,298 to 903 students, a net loss of 395 (30.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at National American University-Rapid City since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,298	1,298	312	986	0	0	0
2016-17	1,543 245	1,543 245	338 26	1,205 219	0	0	0
2017-18	1,346 -197	1,346 -197	306 -32	1,040 -165	0	0	0
2018-19	1,665 319	1,421 75	399 93	1,022 -18	244 244	201 201	43 43
2019-20	1,554 -111	1,446 25	519 120	927 -95	108 -136	81 -120	27 -16
2020-21	1,440 -114	1,108 -338	472 -47	636 -291	332 224	162 81	170 143
2021-22	1,204 -236	942 -166	428 -44	514 -122	262 -70	132 -30	130 -40
2022-23	1,151 -53	929 -13	431 3	498 -16	222 -40	113 -19	109 -21
2023-24	1,026 -125	836 -93	412 -19	424 -74	190 -32	106 -7	84 -25
2024-25	903 -123	767 -69	422 10	345 -79	136 -54	65 -41	71 -13
Average	1,313	1,164	404	760	149	86	63

National American University-Rapid City Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,164 where 767 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 National American University-Rapid City since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,298	235	49	186	1,063	263	800
2016-17	1,543	236	47	189	1,307	291	1,016
2017-18	1,346	303	61	242	1,043	245	798
2018-19	1,421	285	100	185	1,136	299	837
2019-20	1,446	276	124	152	1,170	395	775
2020-21	1,108	174	88	86	934	384	550
2021-22	942	124	70	54	818	358	460
2022-23	929	98	60	38	831	371	460
2023-24	836	90	58	32	746	354	392
2024-25	767	89	48	41	678	374	304
Average	1,164	1,164	71	121	1,164	333	639

National American University-Rapid City Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 149 where 136 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 National American University-Rapid City since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	244	31	25	6	213	176	37
2019-20	108	14	11	3	94	70	24
2020-21	332	123	54	69	209	108	101
2021-22	262	91	46	45	171	86	85
2022-23	222	95	39	56	127	74	53
2023-24	190	67	30	37	123	76	47
2024-25	136	62	31	31	74	34	40
Average	149	149	24	25	149	62	39

National American University-Rapid City Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.65% and the percentage of black students is 29.90% at National American University-Rapid City. 1.00% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.23% to 37.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.77% to 1.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 31.28% to 29.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.01% to 14.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7452 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6322 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National American University-Rapid City 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	64	10	406	78	4	665	48
2016-17	43	12	494	88	6	701	16
2017-18	41	15	461	81	5	588	7
2018-19	41	21	556	113	10	767	11
2019-20	37	29	444	141	5	780	7
2020-21	31	33	318	356	6	518	49
2021-22	31	28	338	144	7	509	35
2022-23	24	21	302	149	5	477	73
2023-24	28	16	273	148	6	446	24
2024-25	22	9	270	133	5	340	32
Average	36	19	386	143	6	579	30

National American University-Rapid City Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

903 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -12.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at National American University-Rapid City from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,298	1,035	85	178
2016-17	1,543	1,357	93	93
2017-18	1,346	1,282	40	24
2018-19	1,665	1,630	23	12
2019-20	1,554	1,543	5	6
2020-21	1,440	1,440	0	0
2021-22	1,204	1,204	0	0
2022-23	1,151	1,151	0	0
2023-24	1,026	1,026	0	0
2024-25	903	903	0	0
Average	1,313	1,257	25	31

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Enrollment Trends at National American University-Rapid City

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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