University of South Dakota (USD) is a four-year, public school located in Vermillion, SD.
It offers 74 graduate programs - 32 Master's, 18 Doctorate, and 24 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $7,118 for in-state and $12,768 for out-of-state students.
A total of 3,000 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 10,619 students at USD. USD offers online graduate programs and 1,342 out of 3,000 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
USD have a law school and medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law and Sanford School of Medicine of the . In addition, you can find USD's health profession programs at health professions information page.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,118 for South Dakota residents and $12,768 for out-of-state students. It offers seventy-four (74) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | University of South Dakota |
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| Type | Four-year, Public |
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| Address | 414 E Clark St, Vermillion, SD |
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| Graduate School Students | 2,773 students
1,342 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | In-State$7,118
Out-of-State$12,768 |
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| Student to Faculty | 16:1 (6.25%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 74 Graduate Programs
32 Master's, 18 Doctorate, 24 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at University of South Dakota
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at University of South Dakota with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For South Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $7,118 and $12,768 for non-South Dakota residents.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $340 for South Dakota residents and $654 for out-of-state students.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| In-State | Out-of-State |
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| Tuition | $6,123 | $11,773 |
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| Fees | $995 | $995 |
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| Cost per Credit | $340 | $654 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| Room & Board | $10,356 (On-Campus) / $10,870 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $4,948 (On-Campus) / $6,280 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $23,422 | $29,072 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $25,268 | $30,918 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| In-State | $7,043 | $7,118 | $7,118 | $7,118 | $7,118 |
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| Out-of-State | $12,637 | $12,768 | $12,768 | $12,768 | $12,768 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
University of South Dakota offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 74 major areas - 32 Master's (5 online programs), 18 Doctorate (2 online programs), 24 Post-Bachelor's (12 online programs). 650 students have been conferred Master's degree and 255 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 650 | 255 | 76 | - |
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| Men | 311 | 112 | 24 | - |
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| Women | 339 | 143 | 52 | - |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Mathematics | 3 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Art/Art Studies | 1 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Music | 14 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| History | 3 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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Graduate Student Population
USD graduate schools have a total of 2,773 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 1,166 male and 1,607 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 1,568 full-time and 1,205 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,342 students enrolled through online exclusively and 526 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 2,016 White, 48 Black, and 46 Asian students are attending at University of South Dakota. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
75 grad students are younger than 22 and 484 students are older than 65. It has 1,840 students aged between 22 and 30 and 601 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 2,773 |
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| Men | 1,166 |
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| Women | 1,607 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 2,773 |
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| Full-time Students | 1,568 |
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| Part-time Students | 1,205 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 2,773 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 45 |
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| Asian | 46 |
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| Black | 48 |
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| Hispanic | 75 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 2 |
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| White | 2,016 |
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| Two or more races | 67 |
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| Un-Known | 89 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 2,773 |
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| 21 & Under | 75 |
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| 22-24 | 1,044 |
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| 25-29 | 796 |
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| 30-34 | 358 |
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| 35-39 | 243 |
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| 40 & Over | 484 |
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Online Population
At University of South Dakota graduate schools, 1,342 students enrolled online exclusively and 526 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 3,000 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 1,342 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 526 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 1,132 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 1,342 |
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| South Dakota Resident | 883 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 438 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 21 |
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