Enrollment Trends at BSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,863 where 4,206 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,206 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,549 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,078 to 4,206 students, a net gain of 128 (3.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bismarck State College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,078	2,307	1,771
2016-17	3,976 -102	2,263 -44	1,713 -58
2017-18	3,756 -220	2,186 -77	1,570 -143
2018-19	3,778 22	2,134 -52	1,644 74
2019-20	3,739 -39	2,120 -14	1,619 -25
2020-21	3,716 -23	2,028 -92	1,688 69
2021-22	3,549 -167	1,863 -165	1,686 -2
2022-23	3,771 222	1,972 109	1,799 113
2023-24	4,065 294	2,088 116	1,977 178
2024-25	4,206 141	2,106 18	2,100 123
Average	3,863	2,107	1,757

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.58%. The percentage was 86.73% 10 years ago and BSC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.73% to 79.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 1.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.24% to 2.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.84% to 3.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3622 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2448 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bismarck State College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	67	25	132	116	3	3,537	110
2016-17	66	24	112	121	7	3,472	102
2017-18	57	19	100	141	3	3,256	103
2018-19	57	25	105	149	2	3,260	121
2019-20	64	29	93	152	5	3,216	146
2020-21	53	35	89	173	1	3,171	153
2021-22	57	31	86	181	1	2,851	161
2022-23	58	28	90	182	2	2,768	172
2023-24	57	27	95	167	6	3,082	169
2024-25	85	48	124	131	4	3,347	196
Average	62	29	103	151	3	3,196	143