South Dakota Colleges With More Students Per Student

South Dakota State University has the highest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach large number of students and the average class size may also large. Its students to faculty ratio was 18 to last year.

University of South Dakota and also have higher ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

South Dakota State University has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 18 to 1. The lowest students to faculty ratio means that there are fewer students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of a small number of students. University of South Dakota has the second highest ratio of 14 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $12,876 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,843 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 98.83% and the average SAT score is 1,173 at the schools.

Table. South Dakota Colleges With More Students Per Student Comparison
	School Name	Students to Faculty Ratio	Total Population	Full-time Faculty	Part-time Faculty	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Graduation Rate
1 -	South Dakota State University Brookings, SDPublic, 4-year	18 to 1 1 to 1	11,327	497	144	$12,809 ($9,299)	59.00%
2 -	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SDPublic, 4-year	14 to 1 -	9,856	433	203	$12,942 ($9,432)	57.00%
	Average	16 to 1	10,592	465	174	$12,876 ($9,366)	58.00%

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