Largest South Dakota Private Colleges

Augustana University is the largest private South Dakota college with 2,086 students. The percentage of online students is 7.14% at the school.

University of Sioux Falls with 1,594 students and Mount Marty University with 1,252 students are following it in the largetst South Dakota college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest South Dakota online colleges.

Augustana University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Sioux Falls also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,480 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,185 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 65.51% and the average SAT score is 1,160 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest South Dakota Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Augustana University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 2,086
64
1,8312557551,33114912 to 1
2
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University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 1,594
31
1,32526961697818017 to 1
3
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Mount Marty University Yankton, SDPrivate, 4-year 1,252
16
1,0801725846682713 to 1
4
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Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SDPrivate, 4-year 887
39
7231644124759412 to 1
Average1,4551,24021559286311314 to 1