Student Population at Western Dakota Tech

Total Enrollment

1,267 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

1,267

Online Enrollment

242

Men Students

551

Women Students

716

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 1,267 students have enrolled at Western Dakota Technical College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 551 male and 716 female students are attending Western Dakota Technical College. By attendance status, there are 533 full-time students and 734 part-time students.

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

Western Dakota Technical College offers online degree/certificate programs and 242 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 Western Dakota Technical College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 551 male and 716 female students attending Western Dakota Tech. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 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	1,267	533	734
Men	551	279	272
Women	716	254	462

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,026 White students (80.98%) and 99 American Indian or Alaska Native students (7.81%) 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	99	42	57
Asian	17	7	10
Black or African American	13	10	3
Hispanic	34	18	16
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1	3
White	1,026	441	585
Two or More Races	49	20	29
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	25	12	13
Total	1,267	551	716

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 943 students whose age under twenty five and 205 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Dakota Technical College.

Especially, 450 students are younger than eighteen and 1 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	1,267	551	716
Under 18	450	177	273
18-19	247	142	105
20-21	142	78	64
22-24	104	37	67
25-29	119	42	77
30-34	67	24	43
35-39	49	19	30
40-49	73	23	50
50-64	15	8	7
65 and over	1	1	0
Total	1,267	551	716

Online Student Population

At Western Dakota Technical College, 540 students (42.62% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 242 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, 239 students live in South Dakota where Western Dakota Technical College is located in and 3 students have enrolled from other states.