Enrollment Trends at Sioux falls

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,556 where 1,450 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

85.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 17 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 49 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Sioux falls than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Sioux Falls since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,482	1,224	499	725	258	93	165
2016-17	1,530 48	1,257 33	502 3	755 30	273 15	109 16	164 -1
2017-18	1,453 -77	1,215 -42	454 -48	761 6	238 -35	113 4	125 -39
2018-19	1,615 162	1,319 104	497 43	822 61	296 58	125 12	171 46
2019-20	1,675 60	1,390 71	512 15	878 56	285 -11	124 -1	161 -10
2020-21	1,628 -47	1,354 -36	488 -24	866 -12	274 -11	103 -21	171 10
2021-22	1,625 -3	1,337 -17	483 -5	854 -12	288 14	116 13	172 1
2022-23	1,594 -31	1,325 -12	504 21	821 -33	269 -19	112 -4	157 -15
2023-24	1,509 -85	1,276 -49	509 5	767 -54	233 -36	109 -3	124 -33
2024-25	1,450 -59	1,241 -35	479 -30	762 -5	209 -24	116 7	93 -31
Average	1,556	1,294	493	801	262	112	150

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,294 where 1,241 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 University of Sioux Falls 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	1,224	1,007	403	604	217	96	121
2016-17	1,257	1,033	400	633	224	102	122
2017-18	1,215	1,036	376	660	179	78	101
2018-19	1,319	1,137	420	717	182	77	105
2019-20	1,390	1,206	436	770	184	76	108
2020-21	1,354	1,182	432	750	172	56	116
2021-22	1,337	1,183	426	757	154	57	97
2022-23	1,325	1,172	434	738	153	70	83
2023-24	1,276	1,164	453	711	112	56	56
2024-25	1,241	1,124	440	684	117	39	78
Average	1,294	1,294	422	702	1,294	71	99

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 262 where 209 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 University of Sioux Falls 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	258	15	9	6	243	84	159
2016-17	273	19	5	14	254	104	150
2017-18	238	25	11	14	213	102	111
2018-19	296	21	12	9	275	113	162
2019-20	285	40	25	15	245	99	146
2020-21	274	40	18	22	234	85	149
2021-22	288	63	39	24	225	77	148
2022-23	269	67	36	31	202	76	126
2023-24	233	67	38	29	166	71	95
2024-25	209	96	60	36	113	56	57
Average	262	262	25	20	262	87	130

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.62%. The percentage was 90.42% 10 years ago and Sioux falls still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 90.42% to 76.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.81% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.31% to 4.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.67% to 6.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4030 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Sioux Falls over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	6	12	49	10	2	1,340	41
2016-17	8	15	61	6	3	1,337	52
2017-18	8	18	60	12	1	1,240	56
2018-19	3	25	79	28	2	1,354	78
2019-20	8	17	73	33	3	1,408	93
2020-21	9	18	69	37	1	1,359	94
2021-22	8	16	71	46	1	1,312	123
2022-23	10	21	84	56	2	1,269	121
2023-24	14	22	68	92	3	1,187	92
2024-25	6	23	65	94	5	1,111	85
Average	8	19	68	41	2	1,292	84