Enrollment Trends at Sioux falls

The student population at University of Sioux Falls is 1,450 (1,241 undergraduate and 209 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 32 (2.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sioux falls is 85.59% which is increased by 17 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 49 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 67 in 2015.
152 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 80.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,556 where 1,450 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,675 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,450 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,482 to 1,450 students, a net loss of 32 (2.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Sioux Falls since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,482	1,224	499	725	258	93	165
2016-17	1,530 48	1,257 33	502 3	755 30	273 15	109 16	164 -1
2017-18	1,453 -77	1,215 -42	454 -48	761 6	238 -35	113 4	125 -39
2018-19	1,615 162	1,319 104	497 43	822 61	296 58	125 12	171 46
2019-20	1,675 60	1,390 71	512 15	878 56	285 -11	124 -1	161 -10
2020-21	1,628 -47	1,354 -36	488 -24	866 -12	274 -11	103 -21	171 10
2021-22	1,625 -3	1,337 -17	483 -5	854 -12	288 14	116 13	172 1
2022-23	1,594 -31	1,325 -12	504 21	821 -33	269 -19	112 -4	157 -15
2023-24	1,509 -85	1,276 -49	509 5	767 -54	233 -36	109 -3	124 -33
2024-25	1,450 -59	1,241 -35	479 -30	762 -5	209 -24	116 7	93 -31
Average	1,556	1,294	493	801	262	112	150

University of Sioux Falls Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,294 where 1,241 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 University of Sioux Falls since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,224	1,007	403	604	217	96	121
2016-17	1,257	1,033	400	633	224	102	122
2017-18	1,215	1,036	376	660	179	78	101
2018-19	1,319	1,137	420	717	182	77	105
2019-20	1,390	1,206	436	770	184	76	108
2020-21	1,354	1,182	432	750	172	56	116
2021-22	1,337	1,183	426	757	154	57	97
2022-23	1,325	1,172	434	738	153	70	83
2023-24	1,276	1,164	453	711	112	56	56
2024-25	1,241	1,124	440	684	117	39	78
Average	1,294	1,294	422	702	1,294	71	99

University of Sioux Falls Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 262 where 209 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 University of Sioux Falls since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	258	15	9	6	243	84	159
2016-17	273	19	5	14	254	104	150
2017-18	238	25	11	14	213	102	111
2018-19	296	21	12	9	275	113	162
2019-20	285	40	25	15	245	99	146
2020-21	274	40	18	22	234	85	149
2021-22	288	63	39	24	225	77	148
2022-23	269	67	36	31	202	76	126
2023-24	233	67	38	29	166	71	95
2024-25	209	96	60	36	113	56	57
Average	262	262	25	20	262	87	130

University of Sioux Falls Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.62%. The percentage was 90.42% 10 years ago and Sioux falls still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 90.42% to 76.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.81% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.31% to 4.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.67% to 6.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4030 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Sioux Falls 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	6	12	49	10	2	1,340	41
2016-17	8	15	61	6	3	1,337	52
2017-18	8	18	60	12	1	1,240	56
2018-19	3	25	79	28	2	1,354	78
2019-20	8	17	73	33	3	1,408	93
2020-21	9	18	69	37	1	1,359	94
2021-22	8	16	71	46	1	1,312	123
2022-23	10	21	84	56	2	1,269	121
2023-24	14	22	68	92	3	1,187	92
2024-25	6	23	65	94	5	1,111	85
Average	8	19	68	41	2	1,292	84

University of Sioux Falls Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

152 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 80.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Sioux Falls from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,482	84	295	1,103
2016-17	1,530	95	407	1,028
2017-18	1,453	93	474	886
2018-19	1,615	142	525	948
2019-20	1,675	198	581	896
2020-21	1,628	170	730	728
2021-22	1,625	155	710	760
2022-23	1,594	180	856	558
2023-24	1,509	119	833	557
2024-25	1,450	152	783	515
Average	1,556	139	619	798

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Enrollment Trends at Sioux falls

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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