Student Population at South Dakota State

The following chart compares South 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.

South Dakota State has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 24,305 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in South Dakota average (5,291 students).

The below chart compares the student population between South Dakota State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 5,309 male and 6,747 female students attending South Dakota State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.79 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 South Dakota State.

At South Dakota State University, 6,328 students (52.49% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,300 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, 1,977 students live in South Dakota where South Dakota State University is located in and 317 students have enrolled from other states.