504 Disciplinary Actions Occured at South Dakota College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 504 disciplinary actions made at South Dakota colleges. The disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 11.12 at South Dakota college campues. By violation type, there were 3 weapon-related, 23 drug law violation, and 478 liquor law violation disciplinary actions.

Of the 501 total on-campus disciplinary actions at South Dakota colleges,

0.60% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 0.07.
4.59% were drug law violation, and the on-campus durg law violation disciplinary action per 1,000 students is 0.51.
94.81% were liquor law vioation, and the on-campus liquor law violation disciplinary action rate per 1,000 students is 10.48.

For all disciplinary actions, there were 501 on-campus, 3 public property, and 501 residence hall disciplinary actions made last year. (The number for on-campus disciplinary actions includes residence hall disciplinary actions).

Disciplinary Actions statistics at South Dakota Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	504	501	0	3	501	11.12
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	3	0	0	3	0.07
Drug Law Violation	23	23	0	0	23	0.51
Liquor Law Violation	478	475	0	3	475	10.55
Rate Per 1000 Students	11.12	11.05	-	0.07	11.05	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Actions Statistics for South Dakota Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the disciplinary actions statistics between colleges in South Dakota. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Disciplinary Actions Statistics at South Dakota Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Disciplinary Actions	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Augustana University	2,158	36	16.68	1	1	34
Black Hills State University	3,475	51	14.68	2	0	49
Dakota State University	3,508	13	3.71	0	0	13
Dakota Wesleyan University	886	33	37.25	0	0	33
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid City	79	0	0.00	0	0	0
Mitchell Technical College	1,132	0	0.00	0	0	0
Mount Marty University	1,314	14	10.65	0	8	6
Northern State University	3,521	34	9.66	0	1	33
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	2,492	36	14.45	0	3	33
South Dakota State University	11,498	93	8.09	0	1	92
University of Sioux Falls	1,509	38	25.18	0	0	38
Sisseton Wahpeton College	215	0	0.00	0	0	0
Southeast Technical College	2,478	0	0.00	0	0	0
Stewart School	148	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of South Dakota	9,868	153	15.50	0	9	144
Western Dakota Technical College	1,047	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	45,328	504	11.12	3	23	475

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