For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of South Dakota colleges is 87.15%, 24,711 accepted out of 28,355 applicants.
For South Dakota college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 3,610 (14.59%) compared to last year, from 24,745 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 305, which is more than 4.73% last year.
South Dakota colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.65% compared to last year, which means easier to get into South Dakota colleges. The yield decreased by 2.80%.
Among South Dakota colleges, Mount Marty University has the lowest acceptance rate of 42.57% with 745 accepted students out of 1,750 applicants. South Dakota State University has the most number of applicants of 7,287 and South Dakota State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,441.
Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for South Dakota Colleges
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in South Dakota. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.