The average acceptance rate of the 6 public South Dakota colleges that have competitive admission is 94.66% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 7.67%. The acceptance rate at 4 public South Dakota colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 84.99%. Northern State University (92.98%) and Black Hills State University (94.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest South Dakota Public 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.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ranked 1st, up 2 places from 3rd last year. Northern State University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $12,875 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,000 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.