Student Population at Dakota State

The following chart compares Dakota State'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.

Dakota State has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,139 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 Dakota State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,292 male and 1,482 female students attending Dakota State. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.55 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 Dakota State.

By age, there are 2,540 students whose age under twenty five and 898 students whose age is over thirty years old at Dakota State University.

Especially, 371 students are younger than eighteen and 7 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Dakota State University.

At Dakota State University, 2,953 students (78.25% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,271 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, 1,402 students live in South Dakota where Dakota State University is located in and 818 students have enrolled from other states.