For Release October 3
Board of Regents Releases Detailed Enrollment Numbers: New Registrants are UP
PIERRE—The Board of Regents released enrollment figures for the Fall 1997 semester yesterday. Available now are more detailed figures showing the make-up of students at South Dakota’s public universities.
Undergraduate new registrant enrollment is up 2.7% from last year—they makeup 31% of the total undergraduate enrollment. First-time freshmen new registrants are up over 4% from a year ago—they makeup 20% of the total undergraduate enrollment.
Freshmen makeup over two-thirds of undergraduate enrollment and almost 30% of total enrollment. Undergraduate students account for almost 87% of total system enrollment. Also, traditional aged undergraduates (less then 24 years) make-up over 80% of the undergraduate enrollment. Over 93% of university students are white/Caucasian.
See tables below for detailed enrollment information for Fall 1997.
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| Summary of Enrollment by Classification | ||||
Undergraduate |
Graduate |
First Professional |
Total |
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| BHSU | 2,676 |
97 |
0 |
2,773 |
| DSU | 1,326 |
0 |
0 |
1,326 |
| NSU | 2,340 |
124 |
0 |
2,464 |
| SDSMT | 2,008 |
202 |
0 |
2,210 |
| SDSU | 7,204 |
761 |
197 |
8,162 |
| USD | 4,853 |
1,261 |
421 |
6,535 |
| System | 20,407 |
2,445 |
618 |
23,470 |
| Summary of Undergraduate Enrollment | ||||||
Freshmen |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
1 & 2-Year Degrees |
Total Undergraduate |
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| BHSU | 962 |
469 |
434 |
766 |
45 |
2,676 |
| DSU | 523 |
197 |
166 |
197 |
243 |
1,326 |
| NSU | 864 |
493 |
413 |
454 |
116 |
2,340 |
| SDSMT | 666 |
386 |
338 |
403 |
215 |
2,008 |
| SDSU | 2,402 |
1,624 |
1,388 |
1,632 |
158 |
7,204 |
| USD | 1,508 |
1,012 |
933 |
1,063 |
337 |
4,853 |
| System | 6,925 |
4,181 |
3,672 |
4,515 |
1,114 |
20,407 |
| Undergraduate Age Distribution | ||||
Traditional |
% of Total |
Non-traditional |
% of Total |
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| BHSU | 1,823 |
68.12% |
853 |
31.88% |
| DSU | 948 |
71.49% |
378 |
28.51% |
| NSU | 1,842 |
78.72% |
498 |
21.28% |
| SDSMT | 1,495 |
74.45% |
513 |
25.55% |
| SDSU | 6,325 |
87.80% |
879 |
12.20% |
| USD | 3,922 |
80.83% |
930 |
19.17% |
| System | 16,355 |
80.15% |
4,051 |
19.85% |
| Student Ethnic Origin | |||||||||||||||||
BHSU |
% |
DSU |
% |
NSU |
% |
SDSMT |
% |
SDSU |
% |
USD |
% |
System |
% |
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| White/Caucasian | 2,608 |
94.05% |
1,277 |
96.30% |
2,327 |
94.44% |
2,017 |
90.86% |
7,688 |
94.19% |
6,052 |
92.62% |
21,974 |
93.57% |
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| American Indian | 97 |
3.50% |
8 |
0.60% |
61 |
2.48% |
58 |
2.61% |
73 |
0.89% |
161 |
2.46% |
458 |
1.95% |
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| Black/Non-Hispanic | 17 |
0.61% |
9 |
0.68% |
8 |
0.32% |
26 |
1.17% |
45 |
0.55% |
62 |
0.95% |
167 |
0.71% |
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| Asian/Pacific | 27 |
0.97% |
25 |
1.89% |
33 |
1.34% |
90 |
4.05% |
217 |
2.66% |
205 |
3.14% |
597 |
2.54% |
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| Spanish Surname | 20 |
0.72% |
3 |
0.23% |
3 |
0.12% |
18 |
0.81% |
15 |
0.18% |
35 |
0.54% |
94 |
0.40% |
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| Unknown/Refused | 4 |
0.14% |
4 |
0.30% |
32 |
1.30% |
11 |
0.50% |
124 |
1.52% |
19 |
0.29% |
194 |
0.83% |
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