The Largest Online South Dakota Private Colleges

In South Dakota, 2,013 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 38 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

National American University-Rapid City has the most online students of 1,151 (all online exclusively) among 5 South Dakota colleges that offer online programs.

Kairos University with 792 online students and California Intercontinental University with 506 online students are following it in The largest online South Dakota Private Colleges ranking.

National American University-Rapid City stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Kairos University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,091 and graduate tuition & fees is $15,348 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 67.26% and the average SAT score is 1,160 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online South Dakota Private Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	National American University-Rapid City Rapid City, SDPrivate, 4-year	1,151 53	1,151	929	222	544	607	$16,065
2 -	Kairos University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year	792 53	917	38	879	545	372	$3,600
3 -	California Intercontinental University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year	506 33	506	155	351	270	236	$9,054
4 1	University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year	180 25	1,594	1,325	269	616	978	$20,740
5 1	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year	149 62	2,086	1,831	255	755	1,331	$39,190
6 1	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SDPrivate, 4-year	94 89	887	723	164	412	475	$32,890
7 1	Mount Marty University Yankton, SDPrivate, 4-year	27 19	1,252	1,080	172	584	668	$33,100
	Average	414	1,199	869	330	532	667	$22,091

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