South Dakota 4-Years Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored South Dakota 4-Years Colleges is 30.22% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Dakota State University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 41.01% and South Dakota State University (39.00%) and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (38.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored South Dakota 4-Years Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Dakota State University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 41.01% and South Dakota State University has the second highest yield of 39.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,603 and graduate tuition & fees is $15,701 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 82.23% and the average SAT score is 1,185 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored South Dakota 4-Years Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Dakota State University Madison, SDPublic, 4-year 41.01%
12.44%		97.98%1,190$12,735
($9,633)		3,24148.00%18 to 1
2
1		South Dakota State University Brookings, SDPublic, 4-year 39.00%
1.00%		99.00%1,150$12,809
($9,299)		11,32759.00%18 to 1
3
1		South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SDPublic, 4-year 38.00%
4.97%		84.99%1,230$14,800
($10,400)		2,49255.00%12 to 1
4
2		Northern State University Aberdeen, SDPublic, 4-year 32.01%
3.07%		92.98%-$11,947
($8,845)		3,34450.00%16 to 1
5
1		Black Hills State University Spearfish, SDPublic, 4-year 31.97%
0.45%		94.00%-$12,018
($8,916)		3,42544.00%18 to 1
6
2		Mount Marty University Yankton, SDPrivate, 4-year 26.01%
1.97%		47.98%-$33,1001,25256.00%13 to 1
7
2		University of South Dakota Vermillion, SDPublic, 4-year 26.00%
3.82%		99.01%1,195$12,942
($9,432)		9,85657.00%14 to 1
8
1		Augustana University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 23.00%
3.73%		59.01%1,160$39,1902,08675.00%12 to 1
9
1		Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SDPrivate, 4-year 21.97%
3.39%		73.03%-$32,89088753.00%12 to 1
10
1		Kairos University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 15.38%
4.62%		74.29%-$3,600917-5 to 1
Average29.44%82.23%1,185$18,603
($9,421)		3,88355.22%14 to 1