Acceptance Rate Comparison between South Dakota Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average acceptance rate of South Dakota Colleges is 87.15%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 27.33%. A total of 28,355 have applied, 24,711 admitted, and 6,753 students have enrolled one of South Dakota Colleges.

Of the South Dakota colleges, Mount Marty University is the tightest school to admit with 42.57% acceptance rate, and Augustana University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 67.75%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2025 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between South Dakota Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, SD3,0172,044534 67.75%26.13%
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, SD1,6901,628490 96.33%30.10%
Dakota State UniversityMadison, SD2,4182,129383 88.05%17.99%
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD1,247915192 73.38%20.98%
Kairos UniversitySioux Falls, SD39333 84.62%9.09%
Mount Marty UniversityYankton, SD1,750745170 42.57%22.82%
Northern State UniversityAberdeen, SD1,0861,010356 93.00%35.25%
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, SD1,5651,250476 79.87%38.08%
South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD7,2877,1662,441 98.34%34.06%
University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, SD2,2911,899290 82.89%15.27%
University of South DakotaVermillion, SD5,9655,8921,418 98.78%24.07%
Average2,5782,24661487.15%27.33%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2024-2025 data from National Center For Education Statistics (January 2, 2025).

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