The average acceptance rate of the 3 private South Dakota colleges that have competitive admission is 63.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 7.05%. The acceptance rate at 1 private South Dakota colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
Mount Marty University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 47.98%. Augustana University (59.01%) and University of Sioux Falls (82.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest South Dakota Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Mount Marty University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Augustana University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,010 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,480 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.