Student Population at Western Dakota Tech

Total Enrollment

1,164 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

1,164

Online Enrollment

281

Men Students

514

Women Students

650

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,164 students have enrolled at Western Dakota Technical College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 514 male and 650 female students are attending Western Dakota Technical College. By attendance status, there are 531 full-time students and 633 part-time students.

The number of students at Western Dakota Technical College is relatively small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in South Dakota.

Western Dakota Technical College offers online degree/certificate programs and 281 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Western Dakota Tech's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in South Dakota.

The enrollment is close to the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in South Dakota average (1,367 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
Western Dakota Technical College	1,164	1,164
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges	5,796	5,801
2-4 Years Colleges	3,035	3,125
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in South Dakota	1,367	1,367

The below chart compares the student population between Western Dakota Technical College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 514 male and 650 female students attending Western Dakota Tech. 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 Western Dakota Tech.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Western Dakota Tech
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,164	531	633
Men	514	286	228
Women	650	245	405

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 888 White students (76.29%) and 91 American Indian or Alaska Native students (7.82%) at Western Dakota Technical College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Western Dakota Technical College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Western Dakota Technical College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	91	35	56
Asian	13	4	9
Black or African American	16	7	9
Hispanic	71	42	29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	888	394	494
Two or More Races	51	18	33
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	32	13	19
Total	1,164	514	650

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 835 students whose age under twenty five and 232 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Dakota Technical College.

Especially, 353 students are younger than eighteen and 5 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Western Dakota Technical College.

Population by Student Age at Western Dakota Technical College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,164	514	650
Under 18	353	148	205
18-19	252	149	103
20-21	136	70	66
22-24	94	44	50
25-29	97	30	67
30-34	73	22	51
35-39	47	16	31
40-49	71	20	51
50-64	36	13	23
65 and over	5	2	3
Total	1,164	514	650

Online Student Population

At Western Dakota Technical College, 543 students (46.65% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 281 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, 273 students live in South Dakota where Western Dakota Technical College is located in and 8 students have enrolled from other states.