Dakota State University Student Population

How many students at Dakota State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 3,774 students have enrolled in Dakota State University with 3,066 undergraduate and 708 graduate students.

By gender, 2,292 male and 1,482 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (4,908 students on average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

2,271 students are enrolled exclusively, and 682 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Dakota State University has a total of 3,774 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,066 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 708 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,292 male and 1,482 female students (the male-female ratio is 61:39) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,772 White, 167 Black, and 112 Asian students out of a total of 3,774 are attending at Dakota State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Dakota State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 45.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Dakota State has 371 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 2,540 students under 25 years old, and 1,234 students over 25 years old out of 3,774 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 371 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Dakota State has 2,417 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 649 students aged 25 and over.

It has 123 graduate students aged under 25 and 585 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Dakota State University, 2,271 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 682 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,402 students who live in South Dakota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 869 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,066 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 269 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.77%.190 students have transferred in as full-time status and 79 students transferred in as part-time status.