South Dakota Mines students shuffle in between
classes on campus. Enrollment at Mines
is up for the 2022 school year with a total headcount of 2,493 students.
Enrollment at
South Dakota Mines
is up 3.1% for the 2022 school year. The total headcount at Mines is 2,493
students compared to
2,418 in the fall of 2021. The number of classes students are taking has also
increased by 800 credit hours from this time last year. The number of incoming
freshmen at Mines is also up over last year by 47 students to a headcount of 538.
The university has an 82% retention rate in freshmen to sophomore students,
which is a positive indicator in the effort to increase the number of highly
sought-after STEM graduates.
“STEM
professionals are in great need across the country and we’re proud to educate
the next generation of thought leaders,” says Mines President Jim Rankin. “Our
graduates are continually advancing the frontier of innovation. The Mines students
of today are the problem solvers our nation needs tomorrow.”
South
Dakota Mines is a hub of technology-based economic growth in the Black Hills
region. The university is working alongside Elevate Rapid City, the Sanford
Underground Research Facility and Ellsworth Air Force Base to build an economic
ecosystem that is increasing the number of high-paying STEM jobs in the Black
Hills and across the state.
Mines’ record-breaking Fall
2022 Career Fair included 47 in-state companies, 22 of
which came from the Black Hills area. The university is continuing efforts to build more
high-tech businesses in the area. The recent announcement that Mines would join
both KEEN and NSF I-Corps will yield more businesses in-state who
hire Mines graduates.
See
more on university enrollment from the South Dakota Board of
Regents.