University of South Dakota Student Population

How many students at USD? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 10,619 students have enrolled in University of South Dakota with 7,619 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students.

By gender, 3,880 male and 6,739 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

3,777 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,110 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

University of South Dakota has a total of 10,619 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 7,619 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,000 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,880 male and 6,739 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school.

• 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.