Student Population at Southwest Minnesota State

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

Southwest Minnesota State has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 7,351 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota average (10,729 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Southwest Minnesota State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 3,142 male and 5,072 female students attending Southwest Minnesota State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 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 Southwest Minnesota State.

At Southwest Minnesota State University, 2,023 students (24.63% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,293 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, 1,165 students live in Minnesota where Southwest Minnesota State University is located in and 116 students have enrolled from other states.