For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of South Dakota Colleges is 83.42%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 32.21%. A total of 23,807 have applied, 19,859 admitted, and 6,396 students have enrolled one of South Dakota Colleges.

Of the South Dakota colleges, Augustana University is the tightest school to admit with 65.79% acceptance rate, and Mount Marty University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 68.39%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between South Dakota Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD3,1452,069553 65.79%26.73%
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, SD1,5791,526481 96.64%31.52%
Dakota State UniversityMadison, SD882696372 78.91%53.45%
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD1,209904168 74.77%18.58%
Kairos UniversitySioux Falls, SD551 100.00%20.00%
Mount Marty UniversityYankton, SD949649156 68.39%24.04%
Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD1,3221,033299 78.14%28.94%
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, SD1,5141,252538 82.69%42.97%
South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD6,3645,4782,191 86.08%40.00%
University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, SD2,3581,791308 75.95%17.20%
University of South DakotaVermillion, SD4,4804,4561,329 99.46%29.82%
Average2,1641,80558183.42%32.21%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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