USD School of Medicine Student Population

Total Student Population

At Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, a total of 287 students are enrolled including 70 first-time students. By gender, there are 135 male and 152 female students enrolled. USD School of Medicine is much smaller than other medical schools.

Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Student Population by Gender
	Total Enrollment	Men	Womeen
Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota	287	135	152
All Medical Schools	632	284	346
Public	638	286	350
Private	622	281	341

First-year Students by Gender

Total 1,079 applicants applied to Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota. By gender, 47.3% of applicants were male and 52.3% were female. As for residency, 12.2% of applicants were South Dakota residents and 87.8% applied from other states.

Of the matriculated students, 47.3% are male students and 55.7% female students. By legal residence, 81.4% of first-year students are South Dakota residents and 18.6% students are from out of state.

First-year Students by Gender and Residency
Year		Total	By Gender		By Residency
Year		Total	Male	Female	SD Residents	Out-of-State
2021-2022	Applicants	1,004	493	510	140	864
	Matriculants	68	32	36	45	23
	Acceptance Rate	6.77%	6.50%	7.05%	32.26%	2.66%
2022-2023	Applicants	868	422	444	138	730
	Matriculants	71	34	37	52	19
	Acceptance Rate	8.18%	8.06%	8.32%	37.66%	2.61%
2023-2024	Applicants	1,117	570	542	126	991
	Matriculants	71	36	35	52	19
	Acceptance Rate	6.36%	6.32%	6.46%	41.18%	1.92%
2024-2025	Applicants	1,079	510	564	132	947
	Matriculants	70	31	39	57	13
	Acceptance Rate	6.49%	6.08%	6.91%	43.29%	1.37%