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Colleges in South Dakota

South Dakota has 20 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 13 public, 5 private nonprofit and 2 for-profit. Together they enroll about 35,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: South Dakota State University, with 9,198. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Augustana UniversitySioux Falls · Private nonprofit
$23,28368%73%1,965
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish · Public
$19,25296%42%1,928
California Intercontinental UniversitySioux Falls · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported151
Dakota State UniversityMadison · Public
$20,55488%49%2,071
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell · Private nonprofit
$24,03973%54%670
Kairos UniversitySioux Falls · Private nonprofit
Not reported85%Not reported82
Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown · Public
$15,278Not reportedNot reported1,812
Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell · Public
$9,749Not reportedNot reported990
Mount Marty UniversityYankton · Private nonprofit
$21,39543%63%697
National American University, Rapid CityRapid City · Private for-profit
$31,654Not reported33%764
Northern State UniversityAberdeen · Public
$15,27993%52%1,273
Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle · Public
$1,431Not reported7%1,097
Sinte Gleska UniversityMission · Public
$4,047Not reported6%487
Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeSisseton · Public
$3,110Not reported11%194
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City · Public
$20,82780%52%2,071
South Dakota State UniversityBrookings · Public
$20,13998%62%9,198
Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls · Public
$15,616Not reportedNot reported2,310
University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls · Private nonprofit
$21,41783%64%1,218
University of South DakotaVermillion · Public
$20,02899%60%5,439
Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City · Public
$11,390Not reportedNot reported753

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.