Largest South Dakota Colleges

South Dakota State University is the largest South Dakota college with 11,327 students. The percentage of online students is 18.79% at the school.

University of South Dakota with 9,856 students and Black Hills State University with 3,425 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.

South Dakota State University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of South Dakota also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,312 and graduate tuition & fees is $15,133 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 81.33% and the average SAT score is 1,184 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 Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		South Dakota State University Brookings, SDPublic, 4-year 11,327
138		9,9171,4104,9516,3762,12818 to 1
2
-		University of South Dakota Vermillion, SDPublic, 4-year 9,856
392		7,1322,7243,6416,2153,28814 to 1
3
-		Black Hills State University Spearfish, SDPublic, 4-year 3,425
114		3,2611641,2522,1731,33218 to 1
4
-		Northern State University Aberdeen, SDPublic, 4-year 3,344
4		2,8514931,2282,1161,47516 to 1
5
-		South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SDPublic, 4-year 2,492
76		2,1633291,88860410712 to 1
6
-		Augustana University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 2,086
64		1,8312557551,33114912 to 1
7
-		University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 1,594
31		1,32526961697818017 to 1
8
1		Mount Marty University Yankton, SDPrivate, 4-year 1,252
16		1,0801725846682713 to 1
9
1		Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SDPublic, 4-year 1,177
274		1,1473034383432410 to 1
10
-		Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SDPrivate, 4-year 887
39		7231644124759412 to 1
Average3,7443,1436011,5672,17791014 to 1