Enrollment Trends at SD Mines

The student population at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is 2,576 (2,216 undergraduate and 360 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 654 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SD Mines is 86.02% which is decreased by 656 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.31 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

129 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 44.80% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,645 where 2,576 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

86.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 656 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.31 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SD Mines than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,230	2,872	2,248	624	358	264	94
2016-17	2,809 -421	2,435 -437	1,921 -327	514 -110	374 16	273 9	101 7
2017-18	2,778 -31	2,421 -14	1,880 -41	541 27	357 -17	266 -7	91 -10
2018-19	2,654 -124	2,304 -117	1,742 -138	562 21	350 -7	263 -3	87 -4
2019-20	2,525 -129	2,202 -102	1,677 -65	525 -37	323 -27	241 -22	82 -5
2020-21	2,475 -50	2,146 -56	1,618 -59	528 3	329 6	249 8	80 -2
2021-22	2,416 -59	2,083 -63	1,591 -27	492 -36	333 4	254 5	79 -1
2022-23	2,492 76	2,163 80	1,647 56	516 24	329 -4	241 -13	88 9
2023-24	2,492	2,170 7	1,674 27	496 -20	322 -7	230 -11	92 4
2024-25	2,576 84	2,216 46	1,714 40	502 6	360 38	247 17	113 21
Average	2,645	2,301	1,771	530	344	253	91

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,301 where 2,216 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,872	2,485	1,957	528	387	291	96
2016-17	2,435	2,018	1,614	404	417	307	110
2017-18	2,421	1,997	1,579	418	424	301	123
2018-19	2,304	1,873	1,456	417	431	286	145
2019-20	2,202	1,870	1,440	430	332	237	95
2020-21	2,146	1,701	1,292	409	445	326	119
2021-22	2,083	1,708	1,318	390	375	273	102
2022-23	2,163	1,727	1,353	374	436	294	142
2023-24	2,170	1,737	1,364	373	433	310	123
2024-25	2,216	1,797	1,427	370	419	287	132
Average	2,301	2,301	1,480	411	2,301	291	119

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 344 where 360 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	358	190	132	58	168	132	36
2016-17	374	203	144	59	171	129	42
2017-18	357	200	141	59	157	125	32
2018-19	350	193	142	51	157	121	36
2019-20	323	181	137	44	142	104	38
2020-21	329	172	128	44	157	121	36
2021-22	333	204	148	56	129	106	23
2022-23	329	193	135	58	136	106	30
2023-24	322	203	137	66	119	93	26
2024-25	360	223	146	77	137	101	36
Average	344	344	139	57	344	114	34

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.10%. The percentage was 81.70% 10 years ago and SD Mines still has a high percentage of white students. 1.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.40% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.70% to 77.10%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.21% to 1.98%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.89% to 1.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.93% to 5.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4016 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3289 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 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	60	39	61	127	8	2,639	112
2016-17	48	32	54	136	3	2,249	94
2017-18	47	46	55	137	4	2,204	97
2018-19	41	44	53	128	3	2,133	95
2019-20	28	37	41	128	0	2,007	105
2020-21	18	43	34	117	1	1,994	91
2021-22	25	30	31	116	1	1,949	76
2022-23	24	37	30	127	1	1,982	67
2023-24	26	40	37	138	2	1,950	62
2024-25	27	51	36	134	3	1,986	63
Average	34	40	43	129	3	2,109	86

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

129 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 44.80% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,230	0	279	2,951
2016-17	2,809	82	193	2,534
2017-18	2,778	85	53	2,640
2018-19	2,654	64	72	2,518
2019-20	2,525	72	42	2,411
2020-21	2,475	265	1,814	396
2021-22	2,416	112	259	2,045
2022-23	2,492	107	256	2,129
2023-24	2,492	90	299	2,103
2024-25	2,576	129	404	2,043
Average	2,645	101	367	2,177

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Enrollment Trends at SD Mines

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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