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Another Flat Year for Enrollment at SD Universities

Another Flat Year for Enrollment at SD Universities

Sheila Gestring Photo: WNAX


The enrollment headcount at South Dakota universities shows another flat year for student numbers, with a few schools showing slim increases.

The University of South Dakota had an increase of five students to a total of nine thousand four hundred sixty-four.

USD President Sheila Gestring referenced the enrollment numbers during her “State of the U” speech last week…

Gestring says they did see an increase in international students….

Gestring says they also had some good results from targeted recruiting…..

Total enrollment at the six universities was down point three five percent from last year, with a head count of thirty-three thousand, four hundred forty five students.

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