Student Population at BHSU

The following chart compares BHSU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in South Dakota.

BHSU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,496 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in South Dakota average (5,291 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Black Hills State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,247 male and 2,099 female students attending BHSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at BHSU.

At Black Hills State University, 2,450 students (73.22% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,315 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 969 students live in South Dakota where Black Hills State University is located in and 333 students have enrolled from other states.