Enrollment Trends at Dakota State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,322 where 3,774 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

81.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 246 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 383 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.65 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Dakota State than female students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,145	2,820	1,558	1,262	325	238	87
2016-17	3,190 45	2,844 24	1,581 23	1,263 1	346 21	254 16	92 5
2017-18	3,307 117	2,962 118	1,730 149	1,232 -31	345 -1	252 -2	93 1
2018-19	3,382 75	2,993 31	1,769 39	1,224 -8	389 44	273 21	116 23
2019-20	3,268 -114	2,818 -175	1,745 -24	1,073 -151	450 61	327 54	123 7
2020-21	3,186 -82	2,740 -78	1,706 -39	1,034 -39	446 -4	341 14	105 -18
2021-22	3,219 33	2,751 11	1,675 -31	1,076 42	468 22	350 9	118 13
2022-23	3,241 22	2,757 6	1,722 47	1,035 -41	484 16	363 13	121 3
2023-24	3,508 267	2,950 193	1,806 84	1,144 109	558 74	423 60	135 14
2024-25	3,774 266	3,066 116	1,801 -5	1,265 121	708 150	491 68	217 82
Average	3,322	2,870	1,709	1,161	452	331	121

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,870 where 3,066 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dakota State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,820	1,251	812	439	1,569	746	823
2016-17	2,844	1,293	850	443	1,551	731	820
2017-18	2,962	1,397	938	459	1,565	792	773
2018-19	2,993	1,448	996	452	1,545	773	772
2019-20	2,818	1,503	1,062	441	1,315	683	632
2020-21	2,740	1,495	1,054	441	1,245	652	593
2021-22	2,751	1,424	1,005	419	1,327	670	657
2022-23	2,757	1,396	995	401	1,361	727	634
2023-24	2,950	1,533	1,029	504	1,417	777	640
2024-25	3,066	1,614	1,056	558	1,452	745	707
Average	2,870	2,870	980	456	2,870	730	705

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 452 where 708 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dakota State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	325	85	66	19	240	172	68
2016-17	346	70	59	11	276	195	81
2017-18	345	72	60	12	273	192	81
2018-19	389	69	53	16	320	220	100
2019-20	450	80	65	15	370	262	108
2020-21	446	76	65	11	370	276	94
2021-22	468	90	70	20	378	280	98
2022-23	484	94	71	23	390	292	98
2023-24	558	117	92	25	441	331	110
2024-25	708	104	86	18	604	405	199
Average	452	452	69	17	452	263	104

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.45%. The percentage was 81.56% 10 years ago and Dakota State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.43% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.56% to 73.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 2.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.07% to 4.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.75% to 4.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4548 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3306 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dakota State University 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	27	66	128	118	4	2,565	83
2016-17	28	70	157	127	4	2,552	102
2017-18	26	74	151	120	2	2,670	110
2018-19	30	88	143	145	6	2,713	111
2019-20	42	81	131	127	8	2,592	120
2020-21	29	82	108	129	11	2,534	98
2021-22	21	88	126	135	15	2,541	98
2022-23	37	94	133	153	16	2,493	87
2023-24	47	104	160	159	11	2,618	101
2024-25	62	112	167	162	6	2,772	102
Average	35	86	140	138	8	2,605	101