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Best Colleges in South Dakota

The strongest colleges and universities in South Dakota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in South Dakota, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 25
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD 68% $23,894 1150-1370 See record
2 University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD 83% $21,383 - See record
3 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 98% $19,841 1060-1240 See record
4 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 99% $19,858 1125-1315 See record
5 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 80% $20,183 1140-1340 See record
6 Mount Marty University Yankton, SD 43% $22,227 1120 See record
7 Dakota State University Madison, SD 88% $21,057 1190-1440 See record
8 Northern State University Aberdeen, SD 93% $15,812 980-1160 See record
9 Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD 73% $19,735 - See record
10 Black Hills State University Spearfish, SD 96% $15,911 965-1135 See record
11 Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton, SD - $2,977 - See record
12 Sinte Gleska University Mission, SD - $12,768 - See record
13 Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SD - $1,895 - See record
14 Kairos University Sioux Falls, SD 85% - - See record
15 Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD - - - See record
16 California Intercontinental University Sioux Falls, SD - - - See record
17 Lake Area Technical College Watertown, SD - $15,979 - See record
18 Mitchell Technical College Mitchell, SD - $13,460 - See record
19 National American University-Rapid City Rapid City, SD - $31,062 - See record
20 Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid City Rapid City, SD - $19,694 - See record
21 Sanford Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD - - - See record
22 Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD - $17,400 - See record
23 Stewart School Sioux Falls, SD - $14,221 - See record
24 The Salon Professional Academy Rapid City, SD - $18,146 - See record
25 Western Dakota Technical College Rapid City, SD - $12,670 - See record