Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for South Dakota Colleges

There are 19 active four-years colleges and universities in South Dakota - 9 public and 10 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in South Dakota is 41%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 39% to 41%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 13 to 1 and it decreased by 3 compared to 16 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39%	39%	42%
2013-14	40%	37%	43%
2014-15	40%	39%	45%
2015-16	40%	38%	44%
2016-17	44%	40%	47%
2017-18	39%	37%	43%
2018-19	42%	40%	47%
2019-20	43%	40%	47%
2020-21	46%	45%	49%
2021-22	46%	46%	50%
2022-23	41%	41%	46%
Average	41.82%	40.18%	45.73%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	32%
2013-14	33%
2014-15	28%
2015-16	35%
2016-17	29%
2017-18	27%
2018-19	26%
2019-20	23%
2020-21	19%
2021-22	23%
2022-23	22%
Average	27.00%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	63%	52%
2013-14	70%	55%
2014-15	62%	51%
2015-16	66%	43%
2016-17	74%	54%
2017-18	75%	56%
2018-19	76%	57%
2019-20	72%	42%
2020-21	75%	51%
2021-22	64%	41%
2022-23	72%	59%
Average	69.91%	51.00%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	16:1
2013-14	15:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	13:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	13.73:1

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Undergraduate

Sisseton Wahpeton College Public, four-years | Sisseton
Stewart School Private, Less than 2-years | Sioux Falls
Western Dakota Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Rapid City
National American University-Harold D. Buckingham Graduate School Private, four-years | Rapid City
National American University-Watertown Private, four-years | Watertown
Augustana University Private, four-years | Sioux Falls
Columbia College - Ellsworth AFB Private, four-years | Ellsworth AFB
Black Hills State University Public, four-years | Spearfish
Dakota Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Mitchell
Lake Area Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Watertown

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Graduate

Sisseton Wahpeton College Public, four-years | Sisseton
Stewart School Private, Less than 2-years | Sioux Falls
Western Dakota Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Rapid City
National American University-Harold D. Buckingham Graduate School Private, four-years | Rapid City
National American University-Watertown Private, four-years | Watertown
Augustana University Private, four-years | Sioux Falls
Columbia College - Ellsworth AFB Private, four-years | Ellsworth AFB
Black Hills State University Public, four-years | Spearfish
Dakota Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Mitchell
Lake Area Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Watertown

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Online Schools

Sisseton Wahpeton College Public, four-years | Sisseton
Stewart School Private, Less than 2-years | Sioux Falls
Western Dakota Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Rapid City
National American University-Harold D. Buckingham Graduate School Private, four-years | Rapid City
National American University-Watertown Private, four-years | Watertown
Augustana University Private, four-years | Sioux Falls
Columbia College - Ellsworth AFB Private, four-years | Ellsworth AFB
Black Hills State University Public, four-years | Spearfish
Dakota Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Mitchell
Lake Area Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Watertown

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Technical Colleges

Sisseton Wahpeton College Public, four-years | Sisseton
Stewart School Private, Less than 2-years | Sioux Falls
Western Dakota Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Rapid City
National American University-Harold D. Buckingham Graduate School Private, four-years | Rapid City
National American University-Watertown Private, four-years | Watertown
Augustana University Private, four-years | Sioux Falls
Columbia College - Ellsworth AFB Private, four-years | Ellsworth AFB
Black Hills State University Public, four-years | Spearfish
Dakota Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Mitchell
Lake Area Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Watertown

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for South Dakota Colleges

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