2022-2023 Acceptance Rate of South Dakota Colleges

83.24% of Applicants Accepted to South Dakota Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of South Dakota colleges is 83.24% and the admission yield is 31.93%. A total of 24,364 applicants have applied to South Dakotacolleges (four-years) and 20,280 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 6,476 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For South Dakota college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 2,259 (10.22%) compared to last year, from 22,105 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 328, which is more than 5.34% last year.

South Dakota colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.24% compared to last year, which means easier to get into South Dakota colleges. The yield decreased by 1.58%.

Among South Dakota colleges, Augustana University has the lowest acceptance rate of 65.79% with 2,069 accepted students out of 3,145 applicants. South Dakota State University has the most number of applicants of 6,364 and South Dakota State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,191.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Dakota Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Dakota. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for South Dakota Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Augustana University	3,145 888	2,069 448	553 86	65.79% -6.03%	26.73% -2.08%
Black Hills State University	1,579 197	1,526 182	481 29	96.64% -0.61%	31.52% -2.11%
Dakota State University	882 201	696 113	372 6	78.91% -6.70%	53.45% -9.33%
Dakota Wesleyan University	1,209 162	904 111	168 -1	74.77% -0.97%	18.58% -2.73%
Mount Marty University	949 5	649 13	156 -34	68.39% 1.02%	24.04% -5.83%
Kairos University	5 -24	5 -13	1 -17	100.00% 37.93%	20.00% -80.00%
Northern State University	1,322 93	1,033 52	299 -38	78.14% -1.68%	28.94% -5.41%
Presentation College	557 -81	421 -177	80 -19	75.58% -18.15%	19.00% 2.44%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	1,514 69	1,252 89	538 49	82.69% 2.21%	42.97% 0.92%
South Dakota State University	6,364 590	5,478 430	2,191 172	86.08% -1.35%	40.00% 0.00%
University of Sioux Falls	2,358 -49	1,791 -54	308 -1	75.95% -0.70%	17.20% 0.45%
University of South Dakota	4,480 208	4,456 739	1,329 96	99.46% 12.45%	29.82% -3.35%