The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in South Dakota is 82.21% - 21,407 students accepted out of total 24,745.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes lower from 82.28% to 82.21%. The South Dakota Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.12% and the yield is lower than 44.70%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.82% where the current academic year rate is 82.21% at South Dakota Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.76% and women students' rate is 82.58%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at South Dakota Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
82.28% |
82.12% |
81.86% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
81.03%
-1.25% |
79.61%
-2.51% |
82.33%
0.47% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
77.57%
-3.45% |
76.85%
-2.76% |
78.63%
-3.70% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
82.15%
4.58% |
80.83%
3.97% |
83.03%
4.39% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
83.59%
1.43% |
82.89%
2.06% |
83.79%
0.77% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
83.38%
-0.20% |
82.81%
-0.07% |
83.51%
-0.28% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
80.51%
-2.87% |
78.70%
-4.11% |
81.80%
-1.71% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
84.99%
4.47% |
83.41%
4.70% |
86.92%
5.12% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
80.43%
-4.56% |
80.21%
-3.19% |
81.06%
-5.86% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
81.87%
1.44% |
80.58%
0.37% |
81.36%
0.30% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
82.21%
0.34% |
80.37%
-0.21% |
84.11%
2.75% |
|---|
| Average |
81.82% |
80.76% |
82.58% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 36.88% where the current academic year yield is 28.12%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at South Dakota Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
44.70% |
44.11% |
46.89% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
40.01%
-4.69% |
39.56%
-4.55% |
40.00%
-6.89% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
39.96%
-0.04% |
40.42%
0.86% |
39.12%
-0.88% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
39.34%
-0.62% |
38.79%
-1.63% |
39.28%
0.16% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
38.62%
-0.72% |
38.47%
-0.33% |
38.45%
-0.83% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
36.15%
-2.48% |
36.27%
-2.19% |
35.42%
-3.03% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
32.69%
-3.46% |
33.17%
-3.11% |
32.20%
-3.22% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
38.42%
5.73% |
37.53%
4.36% |
40.62%
8.43% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
38.33%
-0.09% |
39.10%
1.57% |
39.33%
-1.30% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
29.35%
-8.98% |
29.83%
-9.27% |
33.58%
-5.75% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
28.12%
-1.23% |
30.05%
0.21% |
28.70%
-4.88% |
|---|
| Average |
36.88% |
37.03% |
37.60% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 20,405, the average number of admitted is 17,268, and the average number of enrolled students is 6,332 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to South Dakota Colleges decreased by 1.56% (381 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at South Dakota Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
16,695 |
14,511 |
6,568 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
18,125
8.57% |
15,639
7.77% |
6,314
-3.87% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
18,921
4.39% |
15,354
-1.82% |
6,195
-1.88% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
18,293
-3.32% |
15,551
1.28% |
6,232
0.60% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
19,481
6.49% |
16,671
7.20% |
6,525
4.70% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
20,567
5.57% |
17,536
5.19% |
6,494
-0.48% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
22,230
8.09% |
18,530
5.67% |
6,288
-3.17% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
18,925
-14.87% |
16,139
-12.90% |
5,960
-5.22% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
22,105
16.80% |
18,330
13.58% |
6,143
3.07% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
24,364
10.22% |
20,280
10.64% |
6,476
5.42% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
24,745
1.56% |
21,407
5.56% |
6,458
-0.28% |
|---|
| Average |
20,405 |
17,268 |
6,332 |
|---|