Largest South Dakota Private Colleges With Most Students

Augustana University is the largest private South Dakota college with 2,086 students. The percentage of online students is 7.14% at the school.

University of Sioux Falls with 1,594 students and Mount Marty University with 1,252 students are following it in the largetst South Dakota college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest South Dakota online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest South Dakota Private Colleges With Most Students

Augustana University is the largest school with 2,086 students and University of Sioux Falls has the second largest population with 1,594 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Augustana University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Sioux Falls also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,737 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,070 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 72.10% and the average SAT score is 1,070 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 5 Largest South Dakota Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest South Dakota Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD Private, four-years	2,086 64	1,831	255	755	1,331	149	12 to 1
2 -	University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD Private, four-years	1,594 31	1,325	269	616	978	180	17 to 1
3 -	Mount Marty University Yankton, SD Private, four-years	1,252 16	1,080	172	584	668	27	13 to 1
4 -	Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD Private, four-years	887 39	723	164	412	475	94	12 to 1
5 -	Presentation College Aberdeen, SD Private, four-years	615 38	600	15	230	385	255	11 to 1
	Average	1,287	1,112	175	519	767	141	13 to 1

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