Student Population at Dakota Wesleyan

Total Enrollment

887

Undergraduate

723

Graduate

164

Online Enrollment

Men Students

412

Women Students

475

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 887 students have enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University - 723 undergraduate and 164 graduate.

By gender, 412 male and 475 female students are attending Dakota Wesleyan University. By attendance status, there are 658 full-time students and 229 part-time students.

The number of students at Dakota Wesleyan University is relatively small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in South Dakota.

Dakota Wesleyan University offers online degree/certificate programs and 94 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 412 male and 475 female students attending Dakota Wesleyan. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.87 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 Wesleyan.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Dakota Wesleyan
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	723	580	143
Men	339	303	36
Women	384	277	107

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Dakota Wesleyan
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	164	78	86
Men	73	38	35
Women	91	40	51

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 725 White students (81.74%) and 58 Hispanic students (6.54%) at Dakota Wesleyan University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Dakota Wesleyan University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Dakota Wesleyan University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	15	3	12
Asian	9	3	6
Black or African American	9	3	6
Hispanic	51	30	21
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	587	261	326
Two or More Races	28	16	12
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	9	9	0
Total	723	339	384

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Dakota Wesleyan University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	1	0	1
Black or African American	3	2	1
Hispanic	7	5	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	138	57	81
Two or More Races	10	7	3
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	3	1	2
Total	164	73	91

Online Student Population

At Dakota Wesleyan University, 309 students (34.84% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 94 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, 49 students live in South Dakota where Dakota Wesleyan University is located in and 43 students have enrolled from other states.