24,531 Men and 29,966 Women Students Enrolled in South Dakota Colleges

54,497

Total

24,531

Men (45.01%)

29,966

Women (54.99%)

A total of 54,497 students are enrolled in South Dakota colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

By gender, there are 24,531 men students and 29,966 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.82 to 1.

In 4-year colleges, 55.39% of total enrollment is women students and 44.61% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 50.83%.

For South Dakota colleges with more than 1,000 students, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the highest ratio of men students (76.13%) and Oglala Lakota College has the highest ratio of women students (69.78%).

Student Population by Gender and School Level for South Dakota Colleges

By gender, 45.01% of total students is men students (24,531) and 54.99% is women students (29,966) in South Dakota collegs.

In 17 4-year South Dakota colleges in United States, there are 20,900 men students which is 44.61% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year South Dakota colleges is 55.39% (25,946).

Of the 7,372 students attending South Dakota community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 49.17% are men (3,747) and 50.83% are women students (3,747).

In South Dakota trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 6 men and 273 women students, accounting for 2.15% and 97.85% of total students.

Summary Table of Student Population by Gender and School Level for South Dakota Colleges
School LevelTotalMenWomen
All Levels54,497 24,531
(45.01%)
29,966
(54.99%)
4-year Colleges46,846 20,900
(44.61%)
25,946
(55.39%)
Community Colleges7,372 3,625
(49.17%)
3,747
(50.83%)
Trade Schools279 6
(2.15%)
273
(97.85%)

Student Population Comparison By Gender for All South Dakota Colleges

The following table compares student population by gender and school level between South Dakota colleges. A total of 54,497 students have enrolled in South Dakota colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population Comparison by Gender between South Dakota Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
Augustana UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,390937
(39.2%)
1,453
(60.8%)
2,003 790
(39.4%)
1,213
(60.6%)
387 147
(38.0%)
240
(62.0%)
The Salon Professional AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year80- 80
(100.0%)
80 - 80
(100.0%)
- - -
Black Hills State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,3461,247
(37.3%)
2,099
(62.7%)
3,198 1,200
(37.5%)
1,998
(62.5%)
148 47
(31.8%)
101
(68.2%)
Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,7742,292
(60.7%)
1,482
(39.3%)
3,066 1,801
(58.7%)
1,265
(41.3%)
708 491
(69.4%)
217
(30.6%)
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year892426
(47.8%)
466
(52.2%)
771 362
(47.0%)
409
(53.0%)
121 64
(52.9%)
57
(47.1%)
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid CityPrivate, Less than 2-year665
(7.6%)
61
(92.4%)
66 5
(7.6%)
61
(92.4%)
- - -
Lake Area Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,3121,185
(51.3%)
1,127
(48.7%)
2,312 1,185
(51.3%)
1,127
(48.7%)
- - -
Avera McKennan Hospital School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year23- - 23 - -- - -
Mitchell Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,186798
(67.3%)
388
(32.7%)
1,186 798
(67.3%)
388
(32.7%)
- - -
Mount Marty UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,284638
(49.7%)
646
(50.3%)
1,022 556
(54.4%)
466
(45.6%)
262 82
(31.3%)
180
(68.7%)
National American University-Rapid CityPrivate, 4-year903487
(53.9%)
416
(46.1%)
767 422
(55.0%)
345
(45.0%)
136 65
(47.8%)
71
(52.2%)
Kairos UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,239788
(63.6%)
451
(36.4%)
82 48
(58.5%)
34
(41.5%)
1,157 740
(64.0%)
417
(36.0%)
Northern State UniversityPublic, 4-year3,7081,425
(38.4%)
2,283
(61.6%)
3,169 1,267
(40.0%)
1,902
(60.0%)
539 158
(29.3%)
381
(70.7%)
Oglala Lakota CollegePublic, 4-year1,188359
(30.2%)
829
(69.8%)
1,139 342
(30.0%)
797
(70.0%)
49 17
(34.7%)
32
(65.3%)
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyPublic, 4-year2,5761,961
(76.1%)
615
(23.9%)
2,216 1,714
(77.3%)
502
(22.7%)
360 247
(68.6%)
113
(31.4%)
South Dakota State UniversityPublic, 4-year12,0565,309
(44.0%)
6,747
(56.0%)
10,719 4,748
(44.3%)
5,971
(55.7%)
1,337 561
(42.0%)
776
(58.0%)
Sinte Gleska UniversityPublic, 4-year592147
(24.8%)
445
(75.2%)
515 130
(25.2%)
385
(74.8%)
77 17
(22.1%)
60
(77.9%)
University of Sioux FallsPrivate, 4-year1,450595
(41.0%)
855
(59.0%)
1,241 479
(38.6%)
762
(61.4%)
209 116
(55.5%)
93
(44.5%)
Sanford Medical CenterPrivate, 2-4 year286
(21.4%)
22
(78.6%)
28 6
(21.4%)
22
(78.6%)
- - -
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegePublic, 4-year20680
(38.8%)
126
(61.2%)
206 80
(38.8%)
126
(61.2%)
- - -
Southeast Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,6591,119
(42.1%)
1,540
(57.9%)
2,659 1,119
(42.1%)
1,540
(57.9%)
- - -
Stewart SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year1331
(0.8%)
132
(99.2%)
133 1
(0.8%)
132
(99.2%)
- - -
University of South DakotaPublic, 4-year10,6193,880
(36.5%)
6,739
(63.5%)
7,619 2,694
(35.4%)
4,925
(64.6%)
3,000 1,186
(39.5%)
1,814
(60.5%)
Western Dakota Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,164514
(44.2%)
650
(55.8%)
1,164 514
(44.2%)
650
(55.8%)
- - -
California Intercontinental UniversityPrivate, 4-year623329
(52.8%)
294
(47.2%)
151 71
(47.0%)
80
(53.0%)
472 258
(54.7%)
214
(45.3%)
Institute of Lutheran TheologyPrivate, 4-year-- - - - -- - -