The numbers are in and it’s official: Dickinson State University’s (DSU) campus is growing. According to the official fourth-week census, taken Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, the 269 new freshmen continue the upward trend in enrollment. This is a 10% increase over last year’s 244 first-year students and makes the largest incoming class in five years.
Dickinson State University’s first day enrollment numbers indicate continued growth with a 4.7% increase compared to last fall, a total of 59 more students (1,256 compared to 1,315 this semester.)
Dickinson State University’s (DSU) 2021 summer semester enrollment posted the highest number of students in more than a decade as 382 Blue Hawks continued their pursuit of their dreams. The head count is a 57% increase over last summer.
The University, continuing its commitment to enable students to graduate on time and its commitment to the workforce to improve professional and personal skills, offered more classes than in previous years.
Dickinson State University’s (DSU) innovative education has become more affordable for students through a tuition program approved by the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) during a meeting held Thursday, May 27, 2021. The program details a “New North Dakotan” undergraduate tuition rate for students in 21 states and Canadian provinces.
“From the Hawks’ Nest” is a monthly column written by Dickinson State University President Steve Easton for The Dickinson Press.
The academic year that just ended was like no other, for Dickinson State University and other schools. We faced tremendous challenges but had a number of accomplishments despite those challenges. Let’s quickly review a few of them.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, marked the fourth week official census for the Dickinson State University (DSU) campus community. The enrollment census report, released four weeks after the first day of the new semester, provides an overview of enrollment at Dickinson State University for the spring 2021 semester.
The number of full-time enrolled students increased 5% at 866 up from last spring’s total of 827. The full-time equivalency (FTE) of credit hours taken increased 3%, from 1,008.32 to 1,039.29.
Written by Steve Easton, president of Dickinson State University (DSU)
 | In a letter to John Hay, American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, London, on June 7, 1897, Theodore Roosevelt penned a phrase embracing the virtues of a strenuous life, where one dares mighty things in the face of adversity. The year 2020 was the beginning of a new decade. Thus, the year dawned with hope. Soon thereafter, this hope was challenged by a worldwide pandemic. As the year progressed, the word “unprecedented” was used commonly in the world as a whole and at DSU. |
But DSU is indeed a place where we dare mightily in the face of adversity. It has been heartwarming to see the hard work of all involved with DSU in response to the challenges of 2020. Thank you to all, from alumni and other supporters to students, who made 2020 memorable in positive ways. Those of us who love DSU have a lot to be proud of, as our “college on the hill” has had many accomplishments this year, despite the pandemic. I’d like to share a few of them.
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Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, marked the fourth week official census for the Dickinson State University (DSU) campus community. The number of full-time enrolled students increased 4% at 967 up from last year’s total of 929. The full-time equivalency (FTE) of credit hours taken also increased 5%, from 1,093.45 to 1,147.13.
