South Dakota Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

In South Dakota, 12,116 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students increased by 108 from last year.

University of South Dakota has the most online students of 3,288 out of 9,856.00 total students (33.36%) among 11 South Dakota colleges that offer online programs.

South Dakota State University with 2,128 online students and Dakota State University with 1,773 online students are following it in The largest online South Dakota Colleges ranking.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $11,459 and graduate tuition & fees is $10,995 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 91.32% and the average SAT score is 1,178 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online South Dakota Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		University of South Dakota Vermillion, SDPublic, 4-year 3,288
179		9,8567,1322,7243,6416,215$12,942
($9,432)
2
-		South Dakota State University Brookings, SDPublic, 4-year 2,128
38		11,3279,9171,4104,9516,376$12,809
($9,299)
3
-		Dakota State University Madison, SDPublic, 4-year 1,773
2		3,2412,7574842,0851,156$12,735
($9,633)
4
-		Northern State University Aberdeen, SDPublic, 4-year 1,475
36		3,3442,8514931,2282,116$11,947
($8,845)
5
1		Black Hills State University Spearfish, SDPublic, 4-year 1,332
24		3,4253,2611641,2522,173$12,018
($8,916)
6
1		National American University-Rapid City Rapid City, SDPrivate, 4-year 1,151
53		1,151929222544607$16,065
7
1		Kairos University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 792
53		91738879545372$3,600
8
1		California Intercontinental University Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 506
33		506155351270236$9,054
9
4		Oglala Lakota College Kyle, SDPublic, 4-year 324
1,086		1,1771,14730343834$2,684
($2,684)
10
2		University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SDPrivate, 4-year 180
25		1,5941,325269616978$20,740
Average1,2953,6542,9517031,5482,106$11,459
($8,135)