University of South Dakota Student Population

How many students at USD?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of South Dakota has a total enrollment of 10,619 students, including 7,619 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,880 male students (36.5%) and 6,739 female students (63.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 8,118 White students (76.4%) and 505 Hispanic students (4.8%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,619 undergraduate students (71.7%) and 3,000 graduate students (28.3%).
• Class Delivery: 3,777 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 3,110 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - USD's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 3,880 male (36.54%) and 6,739 female (63.46%) students are attending University of South Dakota. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 57.58.

By class level, 7,619 (71.75%) are undergraduate students and 3,000 (28.25%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 35.36% are male and 64.64% are female, while among graduate students, 39.53% are male and 60.47% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,118 White, 315 Black, and 167 Asian students out of a total of 10,619 are attending at University of South Dakota. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of South Dakota is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.1% 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, USD has 1,455 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 8,139 students under 25 years old, and 2,480 students over 25 years old out of 10,619 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,455 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. USD has 7,020 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 599 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,119 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,881 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 University of South Dakota, 3,777 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,110 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,029 students who live in South Dakota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 748 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,619 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 317 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.16%.233 students have transferred in as full-time status and 84 students transferred in as part-time status.