Enrollment Trends at Oglala Lakota

The student population at Oglala Lakota College is 1,188 (1,139 undergraduate and 49 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 178 (13.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Oglala Lakota is 95.88% which is decreased by 181 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 43 male students for every 100 female students, down from 49 in 2015.
495 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,400.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,282 where 1,188 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 1,451 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,177 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,366 to 1,188 students, a net loss of 178 (13%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oglala Lakota College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,366	1,320	441	879	46	9	37
2016-17	1,301 -65	1,262 -58	413 -28	849 -30	39 -7	14 5	25 -12
2017-18	1,246 -55	1,216 -46	409 -4	807 -42	30 -9	10 -4	20 -5
2018-19	1,300 54	1,263 47	414 5	849 42	37 7	13 3	24 4
2019-20	1,306 6	1,280 17	429 15	851 2	26 -11	12 -1	14 -10
2020-21	1,251 -55	1,222 -58	331 -98	891 40	29 3	8 -4	21 7
2021-22	1,451 200	1,414 192	404 73	1,010 119	37 8	13 5	24 3
2022-23	1,177 -274	1,147 -267	336 -68	811 -199	30 -7	7 -6	23 -1
2023-24	1,229 52	1,180 33	328 -8	852 41	49 19	16 9	33 10
2024-25	1,188 -41	1,139 -41	342 14	797 -55	49	17 1	32 -1
Average	1,282	1,244	385	860	37	12	25

Oglala Lakota College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,244 where 1,139 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 Oglala Lakota College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,320	801	307	494	519	134	385
2016-17	1,262	771	280	491	491	133	358
2017-18	1,216	715	261	454	501	148	353
2018-19	1,263	721	264	457	542	150	392
2019-20	1,280	706	259	447	574	170	404
2020-21	1,222	637	181	456	585	150	435
2021-22	1,414	628	191	437	786	213	573
2022-23	1,147	486	164	322	661	172	489
2023-24	1,180	512	154	358	668	174	494
2024-25	1,139	426	146	280	713	196	517
Average	1,244	1,244	221	420	1,244	164	440

Oglala Lakota College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 37 where 49 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 Oglala Lakota College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	46	5	1	4	41	8	33
2016-17	39	3	0	3	36	14	22
2017-18	30	2	0	2	28	10	18
2018-19	37	0	0	0	37	13	24
2019-20	26	0	0	0	26	12	14
2020-21	29	0	0	0	29	8	21
2021-22	37	0	0	0	37	13	24
2022-23	30	0	0	0	30	7	23
2023-24	49	0	0	0	49	16	33
2024-25	49	10	4	6	39	13	26
Average	37	37	1	2	37	11	24

Oglala Lakota College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.10% and the percentage of black students is 0.17% at Oglala Lakota College. 0.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.15% to 2.10%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.15% to 0.17%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.83% to 0.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0786 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1124 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oglala Lakota College 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	1,286	0	2	25	2	43	1
2016-17	1,239	0	5	5	0	43	5
2017-18	1,179	3	3	9	0	44	6
2018-19	1,225	0	3	5	3	56	6
2019-20	1,243	1	2	9	0	46	4
2020-21	1,201	0	2	7	0	39	2
2021-22	1,381	0	2	6	1	47	14
2022-23	1,132	3	2	7	0	21	12
2023-24	1,182	2	0	6	0	29	10
2024-25	1,140	9	2	3	0	25	9
Average	1,221	2	2	8	1	39	7

Oglala Lakota College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

495 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,400.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oglala Lakota College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,366	9	80	1,277
2016-17	1,301	158	0	1,143
2017-18	1,246	0	411	835
2018-19	1,300	0	397	903
2019-20	1,306	33	91	1,182
2020-21	1,251	1,251	0	0
2021-22	1,451	1,410	41	0
2022-23	1,177	324	489	364
2023-24	1,229	422	536	271
2024-25	1,188	495	461	232
Average	1,282	410	251	621

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Enrollment Trends at Oglala Lakota

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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