Graduate School Tuition at South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University is a four-years, public school located in Brookings, SD. It offers 108 graduate programs - 53 Master's, 28 Doctorate, 23 Post-bachelor's, and 4 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $9,384 for South Dakota residents and $16,917 for others. A total of 1,410 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 11,327 students at South Dakota State.
South Dakota State offers online graduate programs and 406 out of 1,410 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
The Doctorate Pharmacy program has the highest salary ($110,900) after graduation and the Master's Clinical Psychology program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $38,500 average salary.
You can find South Dakota State's health profession programs at health professions information page.
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Graduate Program Overview

South Dakota State University is a four-years, public school located in Brookings, South Dakota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,384 for South Dakota residents and $16,917 for out-of-state students. It offers 108 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameSouth Dakota State University
Typefour-years, public
Address1004 Campanile Ave, Brookings, SD
Graduate School Students1,618 students
406 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$9,384
Out-of-State$16,917
Student to Faculty18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Offered Graduate ProgramsTotal 108 Graduate Programs
53 Master's, 28 Doctorate, 27 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at South Dakota State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.
For South Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $9,384 and $16,917 for non-South Dakota residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $340 for South Dakota residents and $654 for out-of-state students.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$8,164$15,697
Fees$1,220$1,220
Cost per Credit$340$654
Books & Supplies$1,200
Room & Board$9,562 (On-Campus) / $10,490 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,683 (On-Campus) / $5,509 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$24,829$32,362
Off-Campus Total$26,583$34,116
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$9,217$9,285$9,384$9,384$9,384
Out-of-State$16,675$16,743$16,917$16,917$16,917

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

South Dakota State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 108 major areas - 53 Master's , 28 Doctorate , 23 Post-Bachelor', 4 Post-Master'.
341 students have been conferred Master's degree and 205 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctoratePost-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total341205263
Men127708-
Women214135183
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
what is Agriculture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural Production OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Animal Sciences NOT OFFERED
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Food Technology and ProcessingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Range Science and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Institutional ResearchNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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College Student Counseling and Personnel Services NOT OFFERED 13 NOT OFFERED
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drafting and Design Technology/TechnicianNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Engineering/Industrial Management NOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED
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what is Work and Family Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family Resource Management StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Consumer Services and Advocacy NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5 NOT OFFERED
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what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
BiotechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Statistics NOT OFFERED 4 NOT OFFERED
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what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geographic Information Science and Cartography NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Sociology 2 NOT OFFERED
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what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Health NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Management ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Real EstateNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations (other) NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Agriculture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Animal Sciences7 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Dairy Science3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Food Science2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Agronomy and Crop Science8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Architecture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Communication and Journalism program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Communication and Media Studies (other)5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Journalism (other) NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Curriculum and Instruction5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Educational Leadership and Administration4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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College Student Counseling and Personnel Services13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Agricultural Teacher Education7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Agricultural Engineering4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Civil Engineering13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mechanical Engineering10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Work and Family Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Consumer Services and Advocacy1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Human Nutrition14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Family and Community Services1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Biomedical Sciences9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Microbiology2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Statistics1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geography and Environmental Studies1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Counseling Psychology20 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Industrial and Organizational Psychology1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Economics11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Geography NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Geographic Information Science and Cartography8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Sociology3 NOT OFFERED
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what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Athletic Training/Trainer7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Mental Health Counseling/Counselor4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Pharmaceutics and Drug Design NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Public Health5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Dietetics/Dietitian3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse45 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Clinical Nurse Leader NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations (other)1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nursing EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2
Salary After Completing - - -
Clinical Nurse Leader NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Agriculture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Animal Sciences NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Dairy Science NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Food Science NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Agronomy and Crop Science NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Veterinary Microbiology and ImmunobiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Veterinary Pathology and PathobiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Environmental ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Civil Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Work and Family Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human Nutrition NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
BiochemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Molecular BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Plant Molecular BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Microbiology NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computational MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Sociology NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
PharmacyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Agriculture program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Animal Sciences NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Animal HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American Indian/Native American StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological/Biosystems EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Legal Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agriculture LawNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geographic Information Science and Cartography NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Transportation and Materials Moving program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Digital ArtsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Graphic DesignNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Art History, Criticism and ConservationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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PaintingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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SculptureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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PrintmakingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Ceramic Arts and CeramicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Phlebotomy Technician/PhlebotomistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Brewery/Brewpub Operations/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Construction ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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Graduate Student Population

Total 11,465 students enrolled in South Dakota State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,618 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.
By gender, it has 603 male and 1,015 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 532 full-time and 1,086 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 406 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 217 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total1,618532 1,086
Men Students603241 362
Women Students1,015291 724
By race/ethnicity 1,125 White, 21 Black, and 21 Asian students are attending at South Dakota State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
TotalMenWomen
Total1,618 6031,015
American Indian or Native American18 711
Asian6 1521
Black21 1011
Hispanic38 1424
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders3 21
White1,125 342783
Tow or More Races23 716
Race Unknown38 1127
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.
At South Dakota State, 406 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 217 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,410
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses406
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses217
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses787
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses406
South Dakota Resident269
Other State In U.S.133
Outside of U.S.4
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