86.51% of Applicants Accepted to South Dakota Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of South Dakota colleges is 86.51%, 21,407 accepted out of 24,745 applicants.

For South Dakota college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 938 (3.94%) compared to last year, from 23,807 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 62, which is more than 0.97% last year.

South Dakota colleges' acceptance rate increased by 3.09% compared to last year, which means easier to get into South Dakota colleges. The yield decreased by 2.04%.

Among South Dakota colleges, Mount Marty University has the lowest acceptance rate of 47.98% with 619 accepted students out of 1,290 applicants. South Dakota State University has the most number of applicants of 5,884 and South Dakota State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,272.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Dakota Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Dakota. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.