South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Student Population

How many students at SD Mines? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,576 students have enrolled in South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with 2,216 undergraduate and 360 graduate students.

By gender, 1,961 male and 615 female students are attending the school.

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

129 students are enrolled exclusively, and 404 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

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has a total of 2,576 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,216 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 360 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,961 male and 615 female students (the male-female ratio is 76:24) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,986 White, 36 Black, and 51 Asian students out of a total of 2,576 are attending at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 39.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, SD Mines has 99 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 2,192 students under 25 years old, and 384 students over 25 years old out of 2,576 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 99 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. SD Mines has 2,082 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 134 students aged 25 and over.

It has 110 graduate students aged under 25 and 250 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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 129 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 404 students are enrolled in some online courses.

62 students who live in South Dakota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 67 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,216 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 56 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.53%.46 students have transferred in as full-time status and 10 students transferred in as part-time status.